AA6DY woke at 21:42 UTC, 4:42 pm CDT at Grid QM74NG, over the North Pacific Ocean. We are now flying 33 days, 8 hours and 22 minutes. Our altitude is 14,360 meters, 47,100 feet.

On our first trip around the world in 22 days, we spent 8 days over the North Pacific Ocean. Our direction has changed from yesterday, and now we will be moving south at about 30 mph.

As a change of pace, I thought I’d share another view of our recent travels. Each grouping of flags is a separate day. We moved fairly quickly from China to Japan, now enjoying the North Pacific Ocean for a little while longer.

Below is the NOAA Trajectory for the next 48 hours, southerly direction then heading east, hopefully.

Our Links to Locate and Track tab has been updated for today. Ventusky shows we’re moving south at about 30 mph. We may be picking up a new Jetstream heading over Mexico and the Southern United States, or we may be here a little longer. Click on the link above and Ventusky for October 6th 21:00 UTC.

The other links in our Links to Locate and Track are now updated for following us on APRS and Sondehub Balloon Tracker. Tom Medlin launched another balloon today, W5KUB-113 which is near Charlotte, North Carolina. W5KUB-112 on it’s 117th day is now just south of Greenland over the Atlantic Ocean. You can follow the Amateur Radio Pico Balloons on the Sondehub link on our website.

As I’m finishing up this post, AA6DY is now at 14,420 meters altitude at 22:22 UTC.