by faoro » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:55 am
October 26, 2008. Very hot at launch on a day when the inversion had downtown Santa Barbara 20 degrees cooler than Skyport. But the Vandenberg balloon said there would be a decent lapse rate from 2,800 feet up, so we gave it a shot. Big crew headed to launch in three vehicles. Weak cycles. I launched after noon and had a 15 minute sled ride to Parma Park.