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AMATEUR BALLOONING

WB8ELK Balloon Flight,Feb.,1997

Onboard 2.4Ghz Video Equiptment & Photos provided by KC6CCC.

[IMAGE]Bill Brown, WB8ELK getting ready to release balloon, with help of Duane Snipes, WB6GGF, Lisa Taylor, looking on.
[IMAGE]Bill & Duane releaseing balloon.
[IMAGE]View of launch, note dish for tracking.
[IMAGE]View shortly after launch, on its way.
[IMAGE]A few thousand feet looking down at launch site in San Clemente CA.
[IMAGE]The launch site view but at 50k feet.
[IMAGE]Picture at about 90k feet over Fallbrook CA.
[IMAGE]View at over 100k feet, just prior to balloon-burst.
[IMAGE]Balloon bursting, and starting down, to land S.E. of Palm Springs CA.

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