Cameron N-145
15 September 2021
12:00
Origin : HER
HER
LGIR
Heraklion
Irakleion
Greece
Elevation : 35m / 115ft
Coordinates : 35°19′23″N 25°10′49″E
Destination : AMS
AMS
EHAM
Amsterdam
Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Elevation : -3m / -11ft
Coordinates : 52°18′31″N 5°45′50″E
Comment
Very odd. Never knew balloons are used to actually go places these days. The frugal Dutch ?The altitude -- FL360 -- and the speed -- over 700 km/h -- are crazy too.
So these people are 10 km up -- where it's under -50 C -- going at a speed of .5 mach in a wicker basket.
Is that you Richard ?
@ 18:23 UTC : Trying again from Kos. And also again : the altitude. If it's correct this time it's to be hoped their basket floats or at least that they can swim.
"Scheduled : 11:50" -- AMS local time -- that would mean a travel time of roughly three and a half hours which is on par with your average Ryanair or TUI 737. Who comes up with these numbers ?
@ 18:55 UTC : Are we sure this really is a balloon ? Travelling almost 500 km in 30 minutes, dead straight ?