Well It wasn't a giant leap for mankind was it!
During the evening the wind picked up from 10kts to 13 kts which was enough to prevent any chance of launching our balloons. Never mind we still have the bought ones to fly on a still night.
One Day I'll be a Hot Air Balloon!
Almost perfect timing the BBC are replaying The Story of Science on BBC4 and in the first episode they let off a full size replica of the Mongolfier balloon.
Find it on Iplayer until Sunday:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/sbt8d/
At least the tea bag rockets worked OK.
But you have to watch Carefully!
It Really Did Fly!
For those of you who couldn't decode the weather the met office produce a little booklet called GetMet. You can find a copy here:- http://www.heli2000.co.uk/documents/GETMET_2009.pdf
To decode the one I posted last week:-
EGOS 162150Z AUTO 08005KT 9999 BKN130 05/04 Q0997
EGOS is RAF Shawbury our nearest airfield with a weather station
162150Z is the date and time 16th Feb at 21-50 Zulu that's ten to ten in the evening GMT. (Zulu is the posh name for Greenwich Mean Time and all worldwide flights operate in Zulu time).
AUTO means everybody had gone home so the computer took a reading.
08005KT means the wind was from 80 degrees, East is near enough and was at 5 knots, about 6 mph
9999 means the visibility is greater than 10km so don't worry about it.
BKN130 means that 3/4 of the sky was cloudy at 13000 feet high, much higher than we need to worry about.
05/04 is the temperature and due point and
Q0997 is the air pressure in mBars referenced to sea level.
Easy isn't it? Shame the weather wasn't that good on Friday.
Don't Forget NO SCOUTS or DRUMS this week because it's Half Term.
During the evening the wind picked up from 10kts to 13 kts which was enough to prevent any chance of launching our balloons. Never mind we still have the bought ones to fly on a still night.
One Day I'll be a Hot Air Balloon! (you may be full of hot air, but the big blue bag has a better chance of being a hot air balloon! - says Al)
Almost perfect timing the BBC are replaying The Story of Science on BBC4 and in the first episode they let off a full size replica of the Mongolfier balloon.
Find it on Iplayer until Sunday:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/sbt8d/
At least the tea bag rockets worked OK.
But you have to watch Carefully!
It Really Did Fly!For those of you who couldn't decode the weather the met office produce a little booklet called GetMet. You can find a copy here:- http://www.heli2000.co.uk/documents/GETMET_2009.pdf
To decode the one I posted last week:-
EGOS 162150Z AUTO 08005KT 9999 BKN130 05/04 Q0997
EGOS is RAF Shawbury our nearest airfield with a weather station
162150Z is the date and time 16th Feb at 21-50 Zulu that's ten to ten in the evening GMT. (Zulu is the posh name for Greenwich Mean Time and all worldwide flights operate in Zulu time).
AUTO means everybody had gone home so the computer took a reading.
08005KT means the wind was from 80 degrees, East is near enough and was at 5 knots, about 6 mph
9999 means the visibility is greater than 10km so don't worry about it.
BKN130 means that 3/4 of the sky was cloudy at 13000 feet high, much higher than we need to worry about.
05/04 is the temperature and due point and
Q0997 is the air pressure in mBars referenced to sea level.
Easy isn't it? Shame the weather wasn't that good on Friday.
Don't Forget NO SCOUTS or DRUMS this week because it's Half Term.
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