Manchester Meteor - High Altitude Balloon

[Anon_F]

Hope we hear "Manchester - Your go for launch"

 

[Ian]

All set for launch tomorrow

 

[Taffycat]

Great news!! Hoping weather conditions, and everything else, will be favourable to the mission. Looks like Thunderbirds are go..! Very best of luck Ian and Dr Chip.

 

[crazylegs]

Yaaaay

 

[Ian]

Thanks guys! Please do keep your fingers and toes crossed

As things stand, we should be landing somewhere near Newark on Trent.

 

[V_R]

Sweet! Hope it all goes well Ian!

 

[floppybootstomp]

At last! Good luck for a successful mission from the UK's own Cape Canaveral - Cape Manchester

 

[Ian]

We're all set and ready to head off to the launch site - I'll report back with some pics once we're off .

 

[crazylegs]

We'll be waiting !!

 

[Taffycat]

Feeling quite excited about this, so keeping everything crossed for you, and really looking forward to the pics. Once again, good luck. Here's to the safe return of the Manchester Meteor ...only toasting with coffee I'm afraid - but it's a good strong brew!!

 

[V_R]

Zero hour approaches. Good luck Commander Cunningham!

 

[Taffycat]

I wonder how it's going? Are we nearly there yet...?

 

[Ian]

It's launched!!!

We're waiting for tracking data, but as soon as I'm back I'll upload pics

 

[V_R]

Good times! Well done gents.

 

[Abarbarian]

Lets hope it does not take 80 days to chase it down

 

[Ian]

Just waiting for some tracking data so we can go and find it . We're out of contact at the moment and it's somewhere over the peak district!

 

[Ian]

Found the landing zone - we're on our way

 

[Becky]

They did it!!

Payload recovered, currently on our way back home to review the footage. The landing spot was incredibly lucky - M1 on one side and a sewage works and lake on the other! Thankfully it missed both and landed in the middle of a field. Lego men survived but one lost a helmet.

More info to follow later!

 

[V_R]

Awesome, sounds like you had a lucky escape, who would have had to retrieve it from the sewage works....!?

 

[Taffycat]

Yay! Great news! So glad the wee Lego astronauts didn't land in the "ooh-nasty" or get squashed on the M1. Must have given you an uneasy moment I should think, but pats on the back all round, well done gentlemen!!