First successful measurement flight

Today HALO took off at 09:00 local (01:00 UTC) for the first real measurement flight from Tainan! Everything worked fine, and after a long flight HALO landed safely around 17:40 local, right before the sun set in the hazy sky over Tainan. So everone is really relieved that finally the campaign gets into the real scientific measurement phase!

HALO directly after landing, while the sun sets in the hazy sky.

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