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(next)JACK: And I'm told by balloon people who have been doing this for years [BURN] that there has never been anyone killed stripping out - ripping out here by pulling the red line in an emergency - when they're approaching a power line but there have been quite a few of them killed that tried to burn fast enough to lift and get the gondola over. JOE: Pulls `em right up into the power lines. [BURN] NOVA: So that's basically the trick here. I mean given any day, any temperature, you're just constantly monitoring. JACK: The more heat the higher you're going and the faster you're going up there. The cooler it gets up in the top... it takes approximately nine seconds from the time I burn here before I get reaction in the top. Albert do you copy? (next) (previous) Global Contenders '97/'98 | Expedition '96/'97 | Fossett | Virtual Flight Science of Ballooning | Teacher's Guide | Resources | Transcript | Balloon Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated October 2000 |