2003-06-01
People: TELEX 2003 Crew
Miles: 115
Time: approx 9:00pm to 3:00am
The TELEX 2003 crew was called in at about 6:00pm, so we were excited about actually launching balloons during the day. However, we waited at the NOF until about 9:00pm before we deployed down to Chickasha again. We launched three balloons from around Minco at about 1:30am. Additionally, three balloons which were supposed to fly on this night were victims of bursting (one in the truck, on upon launching) and one was loaded back onto the truck after lightning activity had decreased. However, one of the three balloons to fly only ascended to about 700 millibars.