Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Mission #21: the debrief

Pilots
120
Average
2,950 m
6,000 m+
1%

Heaviest ballastName a country in Western Asia whose flag has red on it. 55% stayed low or missed.

Most liftName a country or territory in Europe with a coastline and at least one land border.

Every accepted answer

1. Name a country or territory in Europe with a coastline and at least one land border.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Montenegro

Jet Stream (850 m): Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania, Albania, Gibraltar

Updraft (600 m): Sweden, Greece, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Ireland

Drifter (300 m): Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal

Decoy (150 m): Monaco

Ballast (100 m): Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France

2. Name a country in Africa larger than 100,000 km².

Edge of Space (1000 m): Mauritania, Eritrea, Namibia, Gabon, Botswana

Jet Stream (850 m): Zimbabwe, Guinea, Benin, Tunisia, South Sudan, Libya, Congo, Liberia, Central African Republic

Updraft (600 m): Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Zambia, Chad, Somalia, Senegal

Drifter (300 m): DR Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Ivory Coast

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia

3. Name a country in Western Asia whose flag has red on it.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Qatar, Bahrain

Jet Stream (850 m): Kuwait, Georgia, Armenia

Updraft (600 m): Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman

Drifter (300 m): Syria, Jordan, United Arab Emirates

Ballast (100 m): Türkiye, Iraq, Yemen

4. Name a country in Western Africa whose flag has no orange.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde

Jet Stream (850 m): Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia

Updraft (600 m): Benin, Sierra Leone, Togo

Drifter (300 m): Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Guinea

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Ghana

5. Name an Asian country with a coastline on the Indian Ocean or its seas.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Timor-Leste, Maldives

Jet Stream (850 m): Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Oman

Updraft (600 m): Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yemen

Drifter (300 m): Pakistan, Iran, Thailand

Ballast (100 m): India, Indonesia

6. Name a country that borders Egypt or Sudan (not those two).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Eritrea

Jet Stream (850 m): Palestine, Central African Republic

Updraft (600 m): South Sudan, Libya

Drifter (300 m): Chad

Ballast (100 m): Israel, Ethiopia

7. Name a country in Middle Africa.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe

Jet Stream (850 m): Central African Republic, Gabon

Updraft (600 m): South Sudan, Congo

Drifter (300 m): Cameroon, Chad

Ballast (100 m): DR Congo, Angola

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