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Old 6th January 2011 | 07:54
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Mike Oxbig
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High Altitude Balloon Flight
I was just reading in the paper about the fatal ballon crash on New year's Day.

My question is -

I know that balloons have right of way according to the rules of the air, but the article stated they were planning to fly at 20,000'. What are the rules for the balloonists up there? Do they have to have a radio, 2 way comms with ATC, a transponder, mode c, file a NOTAM? The paper stated the crash happened near Midsomer Norton, Somerset, so that is clearly in Class A airspace.
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