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Hot Air Balloon Flight Record -
18May2003 |
Launch: | Stow, MA - Minute Man Air Field | Duration: | 1:18 |
Land: | Marlboro, MA - Solomon Pond Mall | Distance: | 9.93 mi |
Very similar to the last two weekends. Early forecasts kept changing, Friday and Saturday the forecast for Sunday looked possible but not great, and by Sunday morning we had improved winds aloft and calm surface reports. Jim planned to fly from Harvard, but surface thru winds aloft appears to be from North to East which is not such a great direction. We planned for Stow/Minuteman. If you spent enough time at low level you could move east so Harvard would have worked. Similar to two weeks ago, we flew down toward Cox school, but didn't stop for a tank change. Climbing above 800 feet provided enough right turn to head across I-495 far enough north to allow for the descending left turn and landing in the Solomon Pond Mall parking lot again. |
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