Balloon blowing in the wind, 3500ft, near Raleigh Executive Jetport, Jan 29 & 30, 9am-5pm

[spacellamaman]

How much ya wanna bet it says T-COM on it somewhere?

somewhere in this area:

35°12'55.7"N 79°35'16.6"W · 400 Omni Dr, West End, NC 27376

400 Omni Dr, West End, NC 27376

www.google.com

via NOTAM:

KSDZ SANDHILLS

01/243 - OBST MOORED BALLOON WI AN AREA DEFINED AS .5NM RADIUS OF SDZ048022 (10NM SE TTA) 3900FT (3500FT AGL) FLAGGED AND LGTD DLY 1400-2200. 29 JAN 14:00 2021 UNTIL 30 JAN 22:00 2021. CREATED: 27 JAN 20:07 2021

Any of you locals get a chance, post pics and radio intercepts if possible. Especially of the ground crew.

 

[spacellamaman]

How much ya wanna bet it says T-COM on it somewhere?

somewhere in this area:

35°12'55.7"N 79°35'16.6"W · 400 Omni Dr, West End, NC 27376

400 Omni Dr, West End, NC 27376

www.google.com

via NOTAM:

KSDZ SANDHILLS

01/243 - OBST MOORED BALLOON WI AN AREA DEFINED AS .5NM RADIUS OF SDZ048022 (10NM SE TTA) 3900FT (3500FT AGL) FLAGGED AND LGTD DLY 1400-2200. 29 JAN 14:00 2021 UNTIL 30 JAN 22:00 2021. CREATED: 27 JAN 20:07 2021

Any of you locals get a chance, post pics and radio intercepts if possible. Especially of the ground crew.

ya know it just occured to me, especially since this is not an area known for static obsticles at 3k feet, unlike say the southern border where aerostats are common, you would think they would have some sort of electronic broadcast that would be visible on the tracking sites.

the CN-235 is obviously aware of it, most certainly is part of their training, but everyone else (casual GA pilots would be mainly affected at this flight level) isn't religious about reading the NOTAMs everytime before they get up in the air for a headstart on the weekend plans or whatever.




lets hope N226PA checked them