[MOham] Fw: [Balloon_Sked] Announcing the next Near Space Ventures Balloon Launch

Ray Brown kb0stn at sbcglobal.net
Sun Nov 13 10:53:19 EST 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Keith Kaiser


Near Space Ventures and Venturing Crew 239 are pleased to announce the flight
of CNS-007. This high altitude balloon flight will take place on Saturday, November 19th
at 8:30 AM CST, from Fountain Park in Liberty, MO, it will fly with the call sign of K2BSA-11 by special permission of the Boy
Scouts of America.

Fountain Park is located near the intersection of 291 hiway and Old State Route 210 about 1/2 mile East of 291.

The balloon will be a 1500-gram weather balloon, filled with helium.
The expected burst altitude will be 95,000 feet or more. The flight is anticipated to last about 2.5 hours from launch to touchdown.

All interested parties are encouraged to arrive at the park no later than about 8:00 AM, we still need balloon handlers, and chase
vehicles so please come out and have the time of your lives helping to launch a payload into near space.

-- 
YIS/YIV
Keith D Kaiser -- Venturing Roundtable Commissioner
kaiserklan.com
kaiserklan.com/roundtable
kaiserklan.com/wa0tjt
keith.kaiser at gmail.com






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