[W5SFA] End of the Line

Gary Baldwin kf5zrt at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 15:43:51 CDT 2023


Well done Roger.  A great achievement with 86 days of flying.  We now 
have some goals to strive for in the future.  The Balloon Team is proud 
to share our experience and achievements.  Looking forward to the next 
launch.

73 to all

Gary KF5ZRT

On 6/19/23 3:35 PM, Roger Klein wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Looks like the W5SFA balloon that was launched on March 25 has finally 
> gone down after 86 days, 5 hours of flight.  It recently completed its 
> fourth circuit around the globe, and was well out into the Atlantic 
> Ocean this afternoon when it started to gradually lose altitude.  Its 
> last report was at 2:34 this afternoon Central time at an altitude of 
> 3660m.
>
> This will be a hard record to beat, but we have more balloons queued up!
>
> 73,
>
> Roger N5RWK
>
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