Just went back and finished its track, in early hours of 22/5 it was about 100nm due east of Byron bay and heading away, so could be in NZ or around Lord howe Isl or, any bleeding where now
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LOONY BALLOON flight in progress from 17th5th2014 in Sth East Queensland UnknoGOOGLE8
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We have had them out of NZ today. One of them has ended up in the drink, causing all sorts of emergency calls to come in and coastguard being dispatched
They made the media and are now helping to recover it http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1018...nterbury-coast
oops!
They have gotten smarter with the height control with this batch. Often flying them higher than previously, and there is better altitude control to dictate movements morePosts not to be taken as official support representation - Just a helpful uploader who tinkers
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I made a superposition of FR24 and http://earth.nullschool.net/ that gives winds at different altitudes.
The maximum possible is 10hPa and it explains the trajectory of the balloon.
Winds are strong easterly on the northern part of Madagascar and, where the balloon is, are moderate from northeast confirmed by the "track" in FR24.
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Expect them to start showing up again any day now. Another bunch were launched near midnight last week.
I would have to troll my initial-contact logs from being in range after launch to get an idea on how often they are going around or taking to circumnavigate.Posts not to be taken as official support representation - Just a helpful uploader who tinkers
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