"We launch RIGHT NOW!" Payload Masters Mike WA5TWT and Tony N5RPQ inspire KC5JAR to GET MOVING!
Charlie has the balloon well in hand. Terry assists with the parachute with Tom K5SAF. Mike has the main payload and "JAR" carries the wing glider.
"Let it go! Let it go!" Mike and "JAR" release the payloads while Andy W5ACM gets it all on videotape.
"The balloon is away Ed! The balloon is away!"
The folks at the Wharton Intergalactic Spaceport got a FINE show!
George W5GFP was set up to record video from the wing glider camera. Did it work? More on this, LATER...
Strange clouds filled the sky. Is this the alien mothership?
Craig WD5BDX, one of the airport observers and Daryl KC5JAR agree... This is WAY COOL!
We're on the way to The Edge of Space! Thanks to Photo Master Pete KD5ELH for the photos. Did the wing glider release properly? Did the video from both payloads work. DID WE GET IT ALL BACK???
Launch Happened at 10:38 AM on August 21, 2004 from the Wharton Regional Airport. We Were There!!!