{"id":9030,"date":"2014-10-14T23:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T03:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9030"},"modified":"2014-10-14T23:37:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T03:37:35","slug":"update-on-the-registers-lohan-high-altitude-model-rocket-plane-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9030","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Register’s LOHAN high-altitude model rocket plane adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve posted a couple of times (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>) about the Register newspaper’s LOHAN (Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator)<\/a>\u00a0somewhat tongue-in-cheek project,\u00a0which aims to launch a small rocket powered plane<\/a>\u00a0(named Vulture 2<\/a>)\u00a0from a high altitude balloon. The launch will start from Spaceport America<\/a> in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Here is an update on the project: \u00a0This rocket-powered toy plane will soon jet off to stratosphere – CNN.com<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

It took the team four years, thousands of volunteer hours, and $60,000 from crowdfunding, to complete the “Lohan.” The nickname is short for “Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator” and, its inventors say, a reference to the Hollywood star Lindsey Lohan.<\/em><\/p>\n