{"id":14861,"date":"2016-06-09T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14861"},"modified":"2016-06-09T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:50:13","slug":"first-surrey-raspberry-pi-high-altitude-balloon-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14861","title":{"rendered":"First Surrey Raspberry Pi High Altitude Balloon launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-89brUCBEgYo\/V1Ksqj-JL7I\/AAAAAAAAGc4\/f9E4rrKiFMkCkAZ2n-k97V1iDBGurcAPACKgB\/s1600\/DSCF3706.JPG?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Hayler &amp; sons. Photo by Nic Hughes (@duck_star)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Richard Hayler, his sons and Nic Hughes launched the first Surrey-based Raspberry Pi HAB flight last Thursday. They took pictures on the Pi from almost 35km high:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cs5SQpVaDU8\/V1HE4FkXdeI\/AAAAAAAAGbs\/3K6WmRfKhhI_KO-ExTDWRDBlf2dFJe_JACLcB\/s1600\/13_32_18.jpg?resize=560%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and was successfully recovered from a churchyard in Itchen Abbas:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tPMARZIcXb4\/V1HDCgZ6XrI\/AAAAAAAAGbQ\/leoXabl4N_0UT3Y1jxpc_fJCNsyAUTUkACKgB\/s1600\/IMG_2063.jpg?resize=560%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk\/2016\/06\/finally-high-altitude-balloon-flight.html\" target=\"_blank\">read more about the preparations and the day of the flight, along with a video of the actual launch, over on Richard&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Hayler, his sons and Nic Hughes launched the first Surrey-based Raspberry Pi HAB flight last Thursday. 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