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David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude



 
 
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Old September 5th 20, 06:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default 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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