Archive for May, 2008
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Amateur radio buffs devote three years to balloon project that reaches new heights (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
This is the story of how a local group of amateur radio operators quietly made history by guiding a balloon into the jet stream and sending it almost all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. We begin the saga in the middle, on the night our heroes almost burned down North Knoxville.
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Principal at Riverview Elementary in Norco takes balloon ride to reward students (The Press-Enterprise)
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Riverview Elementary School Principal Russ Marsh climbed into the basket of a hot-air balloon Friday and floated 90 feet above his Norco school as a reward for his students, who read more than 50,000 books to bring the balloon to campus.
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Hot air balloons launch, concluding Chemistry finals (Lockhart Post-Register)
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Using a propane burner launching pad, Lockhart High School Chemistry One students attempted to launch their hand made hot air balloons just outside their classroom on Friday, May 23.