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Since a balloon is drifting with the surrounding airmass, there should 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
	be no relative wind. So, what are the "wind deflectors" shown in the following diagram all about? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/h.../html/platform ..stm  | 
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