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Hot Air Balloon Flight Record - 27Jun2009
Joanne and Ann

Launch:  Stow, MA - Minute Man Airfield   Duration:  1:00
Land:  S Acton, MA   Distance:  3.42
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Map of the flight


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The forecast was very volatile all week. One forecast made Saturday look clear and calm, another was breezy and wet. Next forecast run and they would change places! On Friday night we couldn't get forecasts to agree so we decided to get up anyway to check the actual conditions.

Amazing changes, the morning dawned with clear skies and calm winds. The only remaining concern was fog, and that never got past patchy in the low spots.

We inflated, took off, and stayed low to head north up the runway clearance just in case the fog increased. After hanging around a bit we climbed out and turned east for a while. We descended as we approached W Acton Rd to fly over the wetlands. Then climbed to figure out where we were headed. Set up a track toward the S Acton Train Station, even though we couldn't actually see any signs. As we got closer we dropped in over the wetlands around Fort Pond Brook to see a beaver swimming. Spotted the train tracks, then the baseball fields, and finally the train station parking lot.

Good track on the parking lot. Slipped over the last tree top, dropped the drop line, and set down in the second row.


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