[W5SFA] End of the Line

Roger Klein rwklein at protonmail.com
Mon Jun 19 15:51:53 CDT 2023


Also, a special tip of the hat to our balloon-meister and gas-passer, WA5IWB!

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On Monday, June 19th, 2023 at 3:43 PM, Gary Baldwin <kf5zrt at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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