The weather team continues to monitor forecast models for this storm system as well as weather downrange that could affect the race as much as 24 hours after launch. A pilot meeting has been scheduled for midafternoon Saturday, at which time officials will re-evaluate the weather and make a decision about proceeding with a Saturday evening launch.
At this afternoon's briefing, the team numbers and launch order was determined by random drawing:
Team #1 Johnny Petrehn and Richard Sabin, USA
Team #2 Wilhelm Eimers, Germany, and Greg Winker, USA
Team #3 Tom Donnelly and Simon Forse, Great Britain
Team #4 Richard Abruzzo and Carol Davis, USA
Team #5 John Kugler and "Red" Sheeshe, USA
Team #6 Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo, USA
Team #7 Bruce Hale and Mark Devaney, USA
Team #8 David Levin and Alan Levin, USA
Team #9 Sam Parks and Andy Cayton, USA
Team #10 Astrid Gerhardt and Stephan Muller, Germany
Team #11 Shane Robinson and Ron Martin, USA
Team #12 Thomas Boylan and Bob McCluskey, USA
Team #13 Mark Sullivan and Cheri White, USA
Team #14 Phil McNutt and Brian Critelli, USA
Continue to monitor www.balloonfiesta.com and your Gondola Club alerts for updates as more news becomes available. Once the race begins, live tracking will be available on the Balloon Fiesta site.
