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Flight Report

Vehicle

Gibas I

Type

350 g weather balloon with payload

Contents

GPS and surveillance devices, certificate of life birth 0322736

Launch Date

October 27, 2015

9:43

Launch Site

Radar Hill

Athens, OH 45701, USA

Latitude: 39.3242
Longitude: -82.1247

Flight Path

See attached

Landing Date

October 27, 2015

14:36

Landing Site

3401-3429 US-40

Washington, PA 15301, USA

Latitude: 40.1537
Longitude: -80.3147

Date Sighted

October 28, 2015

12:08

Retrieval aborted

12:45

Reason for Non-retrieval

Improperly equipped for high elevation arboreal retrieval

 

Last Recorded Location

3458 US-40

Washington, PA 15301, USA

Latitude: 40.1539
Longitude: -80.3146

Retrieval Date

November 1, 2015

17:34

Retrieval Site

3458 US-40

Washington, PA 15301, USA

Latitude: 40.1539
Longitude: -80.3146

Launch Crew

Amy Gibas

Andrew Barger

Brett Barton

Dylan Berry

Amy DeSitter

Seana Higgins

Duane Mcdiarmid

Angela Sprunger

Emily Thomason

Ground Control

Amy Gibas

Retrieval Crew (attempt 1)

Amy Gibas

Becky Chmielewski

Communications Ambassador

Sam Mankey           Washington, PA

Retrieval Crew (attempt 2)

Neal Wescott         Washington, PA

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