[W5SFA] End of the Line

[Chuck Dietz]

That was an amazing achievement. I had no idea that would even be possible.

Chuck W5PR

On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM Roger Klein <rwklein at protonmail.com> wrote:

> 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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