Weather Balloon Photography

[RosscoPCole]

daveake said:

RosscoPCole said:

Brilliant!
Love these weather balloon photographs.
My favourite was when someone sent teddy bear astronauts up on a weather balloon and recovered them.
British teddy bears!

Saw that. Great! I have a sponsor for my next balloon, and they have a bear as a company mascot, so asked about sending him up into space. I was at the Smithsonian air&space museum a few weeks ago and bought one of these to possibly send up instead

How cool is that bear!
Make sure he has a PH smiley on his spacesuit or a PistonHeads Space Matters sticker!

[daveake]

Good thinking!

[daveake]

and "Powerfully Built" too? ;-)

[pokethepope]

daveake said:

Gillet said:

Think this is a fantastic project, congrats!

on a side note I found this on the BBC website today and thought it was you till I read your blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-14119...

Looks like yours went higher and got some much better shots.

Yeah, I thought it was mine too!!!

They seemed to need a team of experts. I just had me , plus Mrs Dave doing the sewing and some friends to help on the day.

Don't let them take all the glory!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-201...

[daveake]

pokethepope said:

Don't let them take all the glory!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-201...

. Well, I'm in the Newbury Weekly News today. Isn't that enough? ;-)

[MattDell]

RosscoPCole said:

Make sure he has a PH smiley on his spacesuit or a PistonHeads Space Matters sticker!

THIS!

[daveake]

MattDell said:

RosscoPCole said:

Make sure he has a PH smiley on his spacesuit or a PistonHeads Space Matters sticker!

THIS!

I'll see what I can do :-)

I have a sponsor for the next launch, and used to own Scoobynet and has the record for the longest drift (2 hours something) which he did years ago in an Impreza WRX, so I'm sure he won't mind

[MattDell]

daveake said:

I'll see what I can do :-)

I have a sponsor for the next launch, and used to own Scoobynet and has the record for the longest drift (2 hours something) which he did years ago in an Impreza WRX, so I'm sure he won't mind

Very nice! I'm a big fan of Subarus and that record break did make its way over to the States.

Let me know if you are in need of a PH sticker.

[daveake]

MattDell said:

Very nice! I'm a big fan of Subarus and that record break did make its way over to the States.

Let me know if you are in need of a PH sticker.

Erm, yes please :-). Don't suppose there's some sort of PH sew-on badge too?

[Dogsey]

Dave, have a word with Garlick, he may be able to help you out.

[MattDell]

daveake said:

Erm, yes please :-). Don't suppose there's some sort of PH sew-on badge too?

We have this guy: http://shop.pistonheads.com/?section=shop&prod...


Do get in touch with Garlick. I think he'll like the idea.

[rxtx]

daveake said:

I have a sponsor for the next launch, and used to own Scoobynet and has the record for the longest drift (2 hours something) which he did years ago in an Impreza WRX, so I'm sure he won't mind

Simon de Banke (with Neil Smalley in the passenger seat?), didn't know he no longer owned ScoobyNet.

[daveake]

I'll measure up SpaceTed tonight for sew-on-badge compatibility , then I'll PM Garlick

Dave

[daveake]

rxtx said:

Simon de Banke (with Neil Smalley in the passenger seat?), didn't know he no longer owned ScoobyNet.

Yeah, quite a while ago - http://bbs.scoobynet.com/news-and-announcements-40...

Dave

[aspen]

Next time you should launch a model rocket at the max altitude, see how high you can get it!

[daveake]

aspen said:

Next time you should launch a model rocket at the max altitude, see how high you can get it!

. Not sure if anyone has done that, but I have seen it mentioned.

[gary71]

aspen said:

Next time you should launch a model rocket at the max altitude, see how high you can get it!

I'm liking your thinking

You'd have to be careful that it didn't just come down very fast or end up in France though!

Edited by gary71 on Friday 15th July 19:24

[daveake]

gary71 said:

I'm liking your thinking

You'd have to be careful that it didn't just come down very fast or end up in France though!

Yeah, France would be bad. Unless it's carrying a warhead...

[xrrr]

RosscoPCole said:

Brilliant!
Love these weather balloon photographs.
My favourite was when someone sent teddy bear astronauts up on a weather balloon and recovered them.
British teddy bears!

Fantastic Dave. Great work. Perhaps 'TransporTed' can hitch a ride next time...

[daveake]

xrrr said:

Fantastic Dave. Great work. Perhaps 'TransporTed' can hitch a ride next time...

You're suggesting he could be HoisTed by balloon for an UninterrupTed view of the Earth? Has he ever been ElevaTed that high?