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Hot Air Balloon Flight Record -
24Oct2015 |
Launch: | Stow, MA - Minute Man Air Field | Duration: | 1:00 |
Land: | Hudson, MA | Distance: | 5.70 |
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. There were 5 balloons out this morning. Rudi suggested 7am, I showed up at 6:55 and Brian, Mark, Bob, and Adam were already in place. Rudi showed up at 7. More high clouds than forecast, and we had a little breeze during inflation and take-off, but area reports and forecast indicate the weather should be good till after 12 noon. Bob, Adam, and Mark got off first to the SE but turned S and sped up a couple hundred feet up. We followed and did the same, but dropped lower around 117 to slow and turn SSE again. Tracked toward Collings property but we weren't sure about the landing status yet so we popped up to turn SW before dropping to track SE, across Main St. Initially heading for a couple playing fields but slowed and turned further E. We picked the area because there was also a condo complex beyond the fields. Ended up in a third field, across Brook St, and just short of the Condos. A short walk to the road along the edge and we had a dry accessible deflation sight. |
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