<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Bravo!<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 5:38 PM Gary Baldwin <<a href="mailto:kf5zrt@gmail.com">kf5zrt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well congratulations are in order for the balloon launch team. The <br>
little balloon that could, just made it around the world. It only took <br>
10 days 4 hours and 25 minutes.<br>
<br>
It appears the package maintained an altitude of 11 to 12 thousand meters.<br>
<br>
The Zachtek-1 tracker with the Yokohama balloon with 8 grams of free <br>
lift is a good combination.<br>
<br>
To quote the old Indian in Josey Wales "We must endeavor to persevere"<br>
<br>
This was exciting challenge to get a pico balloon to fly.<br>
<br>
Much thanks and credit to the Team. Icarus would be proud. Not too <br>
close to the Sun or the Ground/Ocean.<br>
<br>
We went across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, <br>
across the Atlantic into Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania, Libya, Egypt, <br>
across the Red Sea, Oman, India, Pakistan, Tibet, China, across the East <br>
China Sea, across the Pacific, Baja California, Mexico, New Mexico, <br>
Texas, into Oklahoma where it crossed the -96.37 longitude. What a <br>
trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>
<br>
73 and high flying<br>
<br>
The W5SFA Balloon Team<br>
<br>
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