{"id":8643,"date":"2014-08-21T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8643"},"modified":"2021-10-02T17:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T21:10:35","slug":"latest-on-the-registers-lohan-low-orbit-helium-assisted-navigator-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8643","title":{"rendered":"Latest on the Register&#8217;s LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator) adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s Register newspaper has been hosting reports on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Wrap\/lohan\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator)<\/a>\u00a0project, which aims to launch a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2013\/09\/30\/vulture_2_photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small rocket powered plane<\/a>\u00a0(named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Tag\/vulture%202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulture 2<\/a>)\u00a0from a high altitude balloon. (See infographic below.) \u00a0Plans to fly the package in Spain were undermined by bureaucratic barriers to &#8220;explosive&#8221; model rocket motors. So they will fly it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceportAmerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spaceport America<\/a> in New Mexico if they can raise enough travel money via crowd-funding : \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/08\/21\/lohan_spaceport_america\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">LOHAN packs bags for SPACEPORT AMERICA! &#8211;\u00a0The Register<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2013\/10\/13\/mission_summary_05_big.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[infographic]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find videos about their endeavors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RegisterParis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, including this one about their 2010\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/Wrap\/paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS)\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0project\u00a0in 2010 to set a Guinness world record for highest paper plane launch :\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #555555;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HNitxMZjGd0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s Register newspaper has been hosting reports on the\u00a0LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator)\u00a0project, which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane\u00a0(named Vulture 2)\u00a0from a high altitude balloon. (See infographic below.) \u00a0Plans to fly the package in Spain were undermined by bureaucratic barriers to &#8220;explosive&#8221; model rocket motors. So they will fly it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8643\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Latest on the Register&#8217;s LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator) adventure<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-near-space","category-rocketry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2fp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9030,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9030","url_meta":{"origin":8643,"position":0},"title":"Update on the Register&#8217;s LOHAN high-altitude model rocket plane adventure","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted a couple of times (see here and here) about the Register newspaper's LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator)\u00a0somewhat tongue-in-cheek project,\u00a0which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane\u00a0(named Vulture 2)\u00a0from a high altitude balloon. 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