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    OK, sorry I was being pessimistic, I promise it won't happen again
    and keep my hopes up of it surviving untill sun up, maybe by then it
    will hit the jetstream it was suposed to hit today, someone told me
    it was to far south for the stream but was about right in hight.<br>
    <br>
    73 Andre PE1RDW<br>
    Op 25-3-2012 1:09, Steve Daniels schreef:
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                    10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Agreed it’s not
                    a burst, worst case
                    a slow leak, and as you say looks to be just a
                    cooling of the gas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                      color:navy"> Freecycle Moderator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>
                      [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] <b><span
                          style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>R.
                      Rochte<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                      24 March 2012 23:59<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <st1:personname
                        w:st="on">TAPR APRS Mailing List</st1:personname><br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                      Re: [aprssig] [aprsisce]
                      Transatlantic balloon attempt</span></font><span
                    lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="font-size:
                    12.0pt">The descent rate right now is consistent
                    with what I have seen from
                    zero pressure balloons (including solar
                    Montgolfieres) after sun down.
                     Almost certainly not a burst event or anything like
                    that - just a simple
                    cooling of the gas.  It's still a long way down to
                    the tropopause from
                    there and it will likely slow down as it approaches.
                     If it does, indeed,
                    drop below the tropopause before the sun comes up,
                    then it will start to drop
                    like a rock (well, not quite, but a lot faster than
                    we're seeing now).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                      12.0pt">The big question is, how is their
                      ballast-release controlled?
                       There was a tweet earlier that seemed to suggest
                      it was timer-based and
                      should have already occurred by now.  If there is
                      also an active ballast
                      release system on board (e.g., altitude
                      dependent), then perhaps the flight is
                      just getting started.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
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                        12.0pt">On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Greg D
                        <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:ko6th.greg@gmail.com">ko6th.greg@gmail.com</a>>
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                        size="3"><span style="font-size:
                          12.0pt">One more, 88,935 ft at 23:45z, but
                          only 16mph.  I hope it isn't
                          looking out at the vast expanse of ocean ahead
                          and chickening out.  Where
                          is that jet stream, anyway?<br>
                          <br>
                          Greg  KO6TH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                              Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
                            Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
                              12.0pt">Could be a pop and tumble,
                              although I hope not.  At 89,662 feet,
                              the copying Digi/IGate pair are right at
                              the edge of the coverage footprint.<br>
                              <br>
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                                src="cid:part2.08010607.01000701@pe1rdw.demon.nl"
                                border="0" height="270" width="356"> 
                              Note: 349 miles from balloon to
                              digi and another 20 miles to the IGate.<br>
                              <br>
                              <st1:city w:st="on">Lynn</st1:city> (D) -
                              KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for
                              Windows <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
                                  w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:city>
                              and Win32<br>
                              <br>
                              On 3/24/2012 7:15 PM, Greg D wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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                              12.0pt">Not so fast...  <a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://aprs.fi" target="_blank">aprs.fi</a>
                              just reported a ping at 23:11z.  Dropped a
                              bit in altitude and
                              speed.  It may be a long night.<br>
                              <br>
                              Greg  KO6TH<br>
                              <br>
                              <br>
                              Steve Noskowicz wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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                                        style="font-size:12.0pt">Looks
                                        like we'll all be wondering
                                        until some time in the
                                        morning...  Good luck Mr.
                                        Balloon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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