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 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 had four people on it. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. 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 15 or 20.
little better. just learning from the previous flight. i started using a pilot s parachute, which is nice and comfortable. 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 had four people on it. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. 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
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 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 had four people on it. it takes a minute or two to blow up one balloon. 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 15 or 20. once everything checks out,