ability to control his altitude. each time it made things a little better just learning from previous flights. i started using a pilot s parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we had more balloons, more ballast, we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. on launch day, we had to be up at 3:30 in the morning. it s usually about 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we d normally have four or six helium stations. each station has four people on it with a different role. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. we don t want to blow them up all the way because we want room for them to expand. after all the balloons are
end of the ride in terms of his ability to control his altitude. each time it made things a little better just learning from the previous flight. i started using a pilot s parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we had more balloons, more ballast, we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. on launch day, we had to be up at 3:30 in the morning. it s usually about 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we d normally have four or six helium stations. each station has four people on it with a different role. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. we don t want to blow them up all the way because we want room for them to expand. after all the balloons are staged, we put them in clusters of five.
down. running out of ballast is like the end of the ride in terms of his ability to control the altitude. each time it kind of made things a little better learning from the previous flights. i started using a pilot s parachute which is much more comfortable. more ballasts, more safety, better communications between the ground crew. july 5, 2008. kent attempts to fly from bend, oregon to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled on a cluster balloon. and lunge day we have to be up at 3:30 in the morning. usually 50 volunteers. we have four or six helium stations and each has four people on it with a different role. we don t blow them up all the
each time it made things a little better just learning from the previous flight. i started using a pilot s parachute, which is nice and comfortable. we had more balloons, more ballast, we got more security and safety. better communication between the ground crew. july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. on launch day, we had to be up at 3:30 in the morning. it s usually about 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we d normally have four or six helium stations. each station has four people on it with a different role. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. we don t want to blow them up all the way because we want room for them to expand.
july 5, 2008. kent couch attempts to fly from bend, oregon, to boise, idaho, and break his record of 193 miles traveled in a cluster balloon. on launch day, we got to be up at 3:30 in the morning. it s usually between 50 to 70 volunteers that make this thing work. we d normally have four or six helium stations. each station has four people on it with a different role. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. we don t want to blow them up all the way because we want room for them to expand. after all the balloons are staged, we put them in clusters of five. then you start assembling the groups of five into larger assemblies of 15, 20. once everything checks out, couch kisses his wife and, with cameras rolling, begins the ascent. for the most part, i can t steer myself. that s what i like about this little cluster ballooning thing. you just go where the winds take you. the thing you wouldn t realize is how peaceful it is up