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Stephen Barnett replied to Bernhard Beck-Winchatz's discussion 'Contour HD Camera'

We have used AiptekHD cameras with mixed results and so we will also use a ContourHD as a backup camera on the next flight. How long did your ContourHD record images? Did you heat it with a handwarmer or anything? Steve at Bryan College

Sep 27, 2011

Glen Kissel and Stephen Barnett are now friends Nov 12, 2009

Bryan College Launch at East Tennessee, location to be determined based on wind pattern

December 3, 2009 all day

Bryan's weather studies class plans to launch a tethered balloon this Saturday (14 Nov) from our campus in Dayton, TNThis is in preparation for the intended launch of Bryan's third balloon on Thursday, 3 December. (APRS callsign KV1L.)See More

Event posted by Stephen Barnett Nov 12, 2009

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Stephen Barnett replied to Howard Brooks's discussion 'How many other balloons did your HALO II pod "see"?' in the group HALO 2 Project

We (Bryan College) were the southernmost balloon and our balloon burst a little below 80K ft; we "saw" no other balloons. (Did anyone pick us up?) We launched from Woodbury, TN (latitude 35.8N, longitude 86.1W) and recovered near…

Apr 6, 2009

Bryan College HALO II at SE Tennessee, ~ 35N lat,, 85W long.

April 4, 2009 all day

Bryan College will be launching its second balloon as part of HALO II. The first flight was conducted byour Weather Studies class in Nov 2008, with training and assistance from StratoStar. We launched in high winds (jet stream speeds of 174 MPH; one pod disintegrated due to turbulence), and the flight distance was 154 miles NNW.For HALO II, our physical science class will launch from our campus in Dayton, TN, unless wind patterns force a move to avoid landing in the Smoky Mountains, for…See More

Event posted by Stephen Barnett Mar 28, 2009

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