Going Up!

Last weekend was spent meeting a balloon inspector in central Oregon, and then checking out various possible flying terrains in sparsely-settled regions of Eastern Washington state. Frigid cold and wide-open landscapes! Photo with Pacific Spaceflight team member Michael Rudis, who is also seen learning the use of a hand-bearing compass (on a small municipal airstrip). Slowly but surely advancing towards flight! We named one possible flying site 'Area 52'.