High Altitude Glider Project


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Fourth Launch : Field Photos 

August 24, 2002

 

The baby almost ready for flight.

 


Checking that the knots are secure. That's my younger brother Mike on the left, who works as a remote communities satellite networking guy, and Owen, a recently minted civil engineer, on the right. Not in the photo, in fact probably behind the camera, are Karen and Julian.
 



We couldn't have asked for a better day.
 



A typical, riveting ground shot. It flew so well, we had little to do. Sadly, there are no photos of us inflating whatever was at hand with helium, an hour and a half into the return flight. Various items of latex...
 



Squashing the Squash.  A little off target, but not bad.
 

 

 

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Last updated: December 14, 2003.