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provided on his homepage, namely:<br>
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<a href="http://www.clusterballoon.com/">http://www.clusterballoon.com/</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/TrappeSPOT">http://tinyurl.com/TrappeSPOT</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/TrappeInReach">http://tinyurl.com/TrappeInReach</a><br>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and
Win32<br>
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land in newfoundland <br>
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<div>Cluster Balloonist Abandons Attempt To Cross The
Atlantic</div>
<div>Jonathan Trappe Was Unable To Control The
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<div>Jonathan Trappe’s dream of floating across the
Atlantic Ocean beneath of cluster of helium balloons
has ended in a safe landing, but on the wrong side
of the ocean. Trappe landed his cluster balloon in a
remote area of Newfoundland at approximately 1830
EDT Thursday, September 12, 2013. Trappe had
launched at about 0800 EDT from Caribou, Maine and
had been airborne for only about 12 hours on a
flight that was expected to take 3-6 days.</div>
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<div>ANN spoke to Kevin Knapp, a veteran gas pilot,
who had the first duty shift in Trappe’s control
center following the launch. According to Knapp, the
cluster balloon was never able to achieve a stable
float altitude and developed a severe yo-yo effect
--- rapid descents with the aircraft hitting the
surface of the water, followed by rapid ascents to
altitudes as high as 21,000 feet or more. Trappe was
unable to gain a steady hand on the errant balloon
cluster, which at 3,000 cubic meters of volume, was
the largest in the world.</div>
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<div>Flight service expressed real concern over the
inability to control the aircraft as they watched it
repeatedly descend below their radar and then
reappear climbing rapidly. Trappe and his team
obviously had the same concern and with Newfoundland
representing ‘land’s end’ before venturing out over
the Atlantic, the decision was made to terminate the
attempt.</div>
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<div>Knapp tells ANN that Trappe was able to execute a
landing after darkness had fallen and in low
visibility. In fact, he says Trappe is uncertain if
he is on the ground or possibly in trees, but he is
down and safe. Trappe noted on his own Facebook page
that he planned to spend the night in his
gondola/lifeboat and had lowered the exposure cover.
Knapp said it was raining in the area and storms
were expected overnight, however the weather
trajectories for winds aloft showed that in a
perfect world Trappe could have reached Ireland in
94 hours.</div>
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<div>Trappe posted on his Facebook page about 2000 EDT
"Landed safe, at an alternate location. Remote. I
put the exposure canopy up on the boat. Will stay
here for the night."</div>
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<div>Trappe has already made history as a cluster
balloon pilot having been the first to cross Lake
Michigan, the English Channel and the Alps before
making this attempt at the Atlantic.</div>
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<div>The first crossing of the Atlantic by balloon was
accomplished in 1976 by the late Ben Abruzzo, Maxie
Anderson and Larry Newman in their helium balloon
Double Eagle II – so named because it was the second
attempt by Anderson and Abruzzo. Bertrand Piccard
and Brian Jones required 3 attempts to get the
Breitling Orbiter balloon around the world for the
first time, and the late Steve Fossett was not
successful in his solo balloon circumnavigation
until his 6th attempt in the Bud Light Spirit of
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