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Mendel
on Hot Air Balloon Rescue in Texas
You can see the wind at https://earth.nullschool.net/#2026/02/28/1400Z/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-94.44,32.30,5000/loc=-94.440,32.300 , unless I messed up. It's great to see this accident reported in-depth!…
Walter Hard
on Hot Air Balloon Rescue in Texas
The video shows the balloonists being lowered in harnesses, in stages.
Jon
on Hot Air Balloon Rescue in Texas
In this case, they sent up two! ;)
CHip
on Hot Air Balloon Rescue in Texas
The video was on several news sites, but with very little context; all of this is fascinating. I wonder whether…
Keyan
on Hot Air Balloon Rescue in Texas
This is an excellent piece. Learned a lot about masts, radio waves and heat energy, and hot air balloons! Kudos…
Pete Paradis
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“ Sans Hawkins, the Chief Engineer of KYKX said that his top priority, when he first heard of the collision,…

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