Polar vortex - can it be done?
Thread Starter
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,515
Likes: 151
From: A better place.
Polar vortex - can it be done?
Discussion about the recent crop of ultra long distance glider flights got me thinking.
Am I right that before he died, Steve Fossett's aim was to take off in his glider from Otago, climb to approx FL70 and then transition to the polar jetstream vortex between 70,000 and 100,000 feet - from which he could circumnavigate Antarctica?
Can those with greater knowledge of very high altitude flight enlighten me... is this possible?
Am I right that before he died, Steve Fossett's aim was to take off in his glider from Otago, climb to approx FL70 and then transition to the polar jetstream vortex between 70,000 and 100,000 feet - from which he could circumnavigate Antarctica?
Can those with greater knowledge of very high altitude flight enlighten me... is this possible?
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 4,705
Likes: 590
From: 500 miles from Chaikhosi, Yogistan
There are a number of balloons that have been launched over Antarctica that have stayed up for a number of weeks.
TIGER - NASA's Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder
And there are many more. There were several last summer.
TIGER - NASA's Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder
And there are many more. There were several last summer.
