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Old 6th Feb 2023, 14:28
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B Fraser
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Originally Posted by melmothtw
This was not a hot air balloon.
Precisely. Left with low plus right with height only works up to around 2,000 feet at best. Remember your met exams and the geostrophic wind ? Plus you need someone to work the burners and keep an eye on the GPS. Johnny Chinaman seemed not to have included either.

In any case, I found it only worked 70% of the time.
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