{"id":9576,"date":"2015-01-05T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9576"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:24:08","slug":"jp-aerospace-carries-out-high-alt-balloon-flights-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9576","title":{"rendered":"JP Aerospace carries out high alt balloon flights in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jpaerospace.com\" target=\"_blank\">JP Aerospace<\/a>, based near\u00a0Sacramento, California,\u00a0recently flew two\u00a0high altitude balloons for a UAE bank promotion campaign and national day celebration:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jpaerospace.com\/blog\/?p=6116\" target=\"_d\">Video from the UAE Mission &#8211; JP Aerospace Blog<\/a> &#8211;<\/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\/EL60olcpTss?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<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jpaerospace.com\/blog\/?p=6097\" target=\"_d\">JPA Conducts Two Flights in the United Arab Emerates! &#8211; JP Aerospace Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In celebration of the UAE\u2019s 43rd national day JPA flew the UAE flag to the edge of space. It was a great mission and adventure. The first vehicle, Away 111,\u00a0 verified winds aloft and the second vehicle, Away 109 was our largest Away vehicle ever at just over nine feet long. It carried carried a huge 8 X 4 foot flag, signs from our sponsor, four HD cameras and the first 50 PongSats from the middle east.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9577\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"934,743\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mohamed El Hebeishy&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1418468042&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Mohamed El Hebeishy&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Away109_in_flight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9577\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight.jpg\" alt=\"Away109_in_flight\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight.jpg 934w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Away109_in_flight-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9578\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"984,592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UAE_BankBanner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9578\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner.jpg\" alt=\"UAE_BankBanner\" width=\"450\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner.jpg 984w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_BankBanner-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9579\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"996,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UAE_Flag\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9579\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag.jpg\" alt=\"UAE_Flag\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag.jpg 996w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/UAE_Flag-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also the video at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frequency.com\/video\/uae-flag-in-space-by-al-hilal-bank\/212906510?cid=5-8124\" target=\"_d\">Video: UAE flag in space by Al Hilal Bank ~ Frequency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JP Aerospace, based near\u00a0Sacramento, California,\u00a0recently flew two\u00a0high altitude balloons for a UAE bank promotion campaign and national day celebration:\u00a0Video from the UAE Mission &#8211; JP Aerospace Blog &#8211; *\u00a0JPA Conducts Two Flights in the United Arab Emerates! &#8211; JP Aerospace Blog In celebration of the UAE\u2019s 43rd national day JPA flew the UAE flag to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9576\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">JP Aerospace carries out high alt balloon flights in UAE<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-near-space","category-space-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2us","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11819,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11819","url_meta":{"origin":9576,"position":0},"title":"JP Aerospace &#8211; 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