On Aug 31, 8:16 pm, "Morgans" wrote:

Well, don't leave us hangin', dude!

I'm sure that I'm not the only one that is curious as to what you found out.


Sorry bout that. It didn't seem like anyone knew or cared much about
balloons since I kept hearing about rockets and antennas. ;-)

For some reason a few weeks ago in Google I couldn't find much, but I
searched again and found a blog where someone was also sending up a
balloon. They contacted the FAA in their area and the FAA has this to
say:

BEGIN QUOTE

Per our phone conversation. If you are less than the applicability
section, you do not need a waiver. If you are more than the
applicability, but can meet all the remaining requirements under the
highlighted sections operating limitations and marking, you still
don't need a waiver. Instead, we would just give you the phone number
of the nearest ATC facility to contact to meet the notification
requirements. If there is no waiver, there is no NOTAM. The AFSS only
issues a NOTAM if there is a waiver. Give me a call when you decide
where you're at within the part 101 and we'll go from there.

Cheryl Krieger Brown
System Support Specialist
FAA ATO, Western Service Center
1601 Lind Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057

END QUOTE

Key part there is "The AFSS only issues a NOTAM if there is a waiver"

So my particular flight is not applicable by the FAA rules, so there
will be no waiver and no NOTAM. I already read the regulations once,
but I found a nice annotated version he http://www.eoss.org/pubs/far_annotated.htm
I'm less than 4lbs and will not be a hazard so subpart D does not
apply so I don't even have to notify the ATC.

That's how it is around here; always anxious to learn something that I
didn't know when I got out of bed this morning.

At least that is the way I am!

I hear you. Thanks again to Steven for helping me with the charts!

-John