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Hot Air Balloon Flight Record - 19Aug2007
George and Eleanore

Launch:  Stow, MA - Minute Man Air Field   Duration:  1:25
Land:  Concord, MA   Distance:  6.36
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Map of the flight


This is a Google Earth version of the track and should open in your local Google Earth. For more information or to install Google Earth on your system, go to Google Earth.

Last Saturday evening we couldn't get George and Eleanore up at Hudson because the winds picked up. Yesterday was a total blow out. Today the front has finished blowing through and we have calm conditions.

We started with a slow drift NE over the pond before climbing to move E over the "swamp". We drifted NNE up the wet area, checking out the wildlife. At West Acton we climbed up again to head E to the South Acton train station.

From there we aimed toward the Concord soccer fields which were visible in the distance. I initially tried for the industrial buildings west of the fields, but we couldn't see where the parking lots were until it was too late. A quick pop up to turn E across the road and then a fast drop into the soccer fields before drifing N into the corn field.


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