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 K6RPT-8  High Altitude Balloon (Flight Completed)
Friday   11 March 2011     Launch 7:30 AM PST  (1530 UTC)

 

These are large (1920 x 1080 Full HD) screen captures from UIview and Delorme's TopoUSA 8.0.  Many browsers will try to downsize these images to fit your screen, making the map details and labels an illegible blur, if your computer's display is less than 1920 x 1080 HD resolution.  

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UI-View & Precision Mapping 8.1          Scroll down for Topo map displays.   

Track of Entire Flight - Landed About 10:50 AM 11 March 2011

 

 Alternate Larger-Area Display
 Note large amount of APRS activity in greater Northern California

 

 

 Close-Up View of Track At Launch
 Track As of 9:03 AM  (First Half-Hour of Flight)

 

 

 Close-Up Detail - Maximum Altitude
 
Track Set To Black Instead of Default Color For Better Legibility

 

Landing & Recovery -- Landed Conveniently Near Road but 35 Feet Up In A Tree! 
RT 140 (lower right corner  of map) is one of three  main entrance routes to Yosemite  National Park

 

 

UI-HeightTrack Profile
Altitude vs Minutes From Start

 

 

 Delorme TopoUSA 8.0 Relief Maps
 
Complete Track as of End Of Flight at 10:50 AM

Tracked Station on Delorme TopoUSA 8.0

 

 

 First 30 Minutes from Launch as of 9:03 AM  

 

 

 Landing Zone in Foothills of Sierra Nevadas
 North-East of Merced, CA -- About 25 Miles Southwest of Yosemite National Park