[MOham] Fw: [ORB] Re: Albuquerque Gas Balloons

[Ray Brown]

  Just wanted to mention this event... these aren't the "near-space" balloons
that you've heard me talk about, but I believe they're manned passenger balloons!

  Anyway, at the time I posted this, K5GAS-3 was SW of Wichita at the KS/OK
state line (the closest to us at the moment), K5GAS-4 was between Garden City
and Dodge City, KS, and K5GAS-8 was just east of the 3-state corner of Kansas,
Colorado, and Nebraska. The first one might actually go over Joplin Thursday morning,
all heading east, so if you have any APRS equipment, start it up!


                _Ray_        KBØSTN




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry KC5TRB" <hhm_74115 at cox.net>
To: <oklahoma_research_balloons at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: [ORB] Re: Albuquerque Gas Balloons


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> There are three gas balloons headed our way.
> They took off from Albuquerque the day before yesterday.
> They are not putting out altitude for competitive reasons,
> but they are putting out APRS positions, speed and direction.
>
> When you click on the link below, zoom out (-) about 5 clicks
> to see the 3 balloons still in the race.
>
> You can put your cursor on the map, hold down the left mouse
> button and drag it to move the map. You can also click on the
> balloon icon or Call Sign and get info.
>
> http://findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=k5gas-8,k5gas-4,k5gas-3
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> 73 Harry
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