Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/16/2010
Launch site: North Battelford Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/16/2010
Landing site: Premature activation of personal parachute inside the gondola. Mission aborted.
External references
- The Big Jump Michel fournier website
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