<div dir="auto">That was an amazing achievement. I had no idea that would even be possible. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chuck W5PR </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 4:01 PM Roger Klein <<a href="mailto:rwklein@protonmail.com">rwklein@protonmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Also, a special tip of the hat to our balloon-meister and gas-passer, WA5IWB!</div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div>
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On Monday, June 19th, 2023 at 3:43 PM, Gary Baldwin <<a href="mailto:kf5zrt@gmail.com" target="_blank">kf5zrt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>73 to all</p>
<p>Gary KF5ZRT<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Folks,</div>
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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.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">This
will be a hard record to beat, but we have more balloons queued
up!</div>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">73,</div>
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