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September 5th 20, 06:00 PM
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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude
His flight on Wednesday took his instrumented balloon up to 27,000 ft (including a transponder). His flight track shows wind variations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes (the flight occurred during relatively calm weather conditions):
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...947db#25630a46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzvNAAqH3g 
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September 6th 20, 03:51 PM
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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude
On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:00:27 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
His flight track shows wind variations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes How is this different from a sounding baloon, maybe altitude control, and better published data?
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September 6th 20, 06:10 PM
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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude
On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 7:51:53 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:00:27 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote: His flight track shows wind vaYriations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes How is this different from a sounding baloon, maybe altitude control, and better published data? You just said it. Tom
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September 7th 20, 05:08 AM
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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude
Captain Obvious discovers that air moves.
Politicians clamor to prohibit aviation because of the inherent dangers to the homeless and other disadvantaged citizens. Protestors in Portland add "air movement not in the vicinity of renewable energy wind turbines" is a part of some white privilege, racist plot.
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