Thursday, October 29, 2026

Mission #29: the debrief

Pilots
7,282
Average
2,970 m
6,000 m+
1%

Heaviest ballastName a country whose capital starts with M. 45% stayed low or missed.

Most liftName a country or territory in South America that borders another South America country.

Every accepted answer

1. Name a country in Africa whose flag has red on it.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Mauritius, Eswatini, Djibouti, Comoros, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles

Jet Stream (850 m): Congo, Liberia, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Eritrea, Namibia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea

Updraft (600 m): Zambia, Chad, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Benin, Burundi, Tunisia, South Sudan, Togo, Libya

Drifter (300 m): Uganda, Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Malawi

Ballast (100 m): Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Sudan

2. Name a country whose flag features at least one star.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Nauru

Jet Stream (850 m): Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Togo, Liberia, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Comoros, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Sudan, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Burundi, Slovenia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Equatorial Guinea

Updraft (600 m): Ghana, Somalia, Cuba, Syria, Panama, Myanmar, Venezuela, Senegal, Singapore, Algeria, Tunisia, Malaysia, Jordan, North Korea, Philippines, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Libya, Mauritania, Honduras, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Samoa

Drifter (300 m): Turkey, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, Morocco, Pakistan

Ballast (100 m): United States, China, Vietnam

3. Name a country whose capital starts with M.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Comoros (Capital: Moroni), Maldives (Capital: Malé), Marshall Islands (Capital: Majuro)

Jet Stream (850 m): Equatorial Guinea (Capital: Malabo), Bahrain (Capital: Manama), Eswatini (Capital: Mbabane)

Updraft (600 m): Nicaragua (Capital: Managua), Liberia (Capital: Monrovia), Oman (Capital: Muscat), Uruguay (Capital: Montevideo), Lesotho (Capital: Maseru)

Drifter (300 m): Spain (Capital: Madrid), Mozambique (Capital: Maputo), Somalia (Capital: Mogadishu), Belarus (Capital: Minsk)

Decoy (150 m): Monaco (Capital: Monaco)

Ballast (100 m): Russia (Capital: Moscow), Mexico (Capital: Mexico City), Philippines (Capital: Manila)

4. Name a country in South-Eastern Asia whose flag has red on it.

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

Jet Stream (850 m): Laos, Singapore

Updraft (600 m): Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia

Drifter (300 m): Vietnam, Thailand

Ballast (100 m): Indonesia, Philippines

5. Name a country or territory in South America that borders another South America country.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Guyana, Suriname

Jet Stream (850 m): Paraguay, Uruguay, French Guiana

Updraft (600 m): Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia

Drifter (300 m): Argentina, Peru, Chile

Ballast (100 m): Brazil, Colombia

6. Name a country in Africa with more than 50 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Sudan, Uganda

Jet Stream (850 m): DR Congo, Tanzania

Updraft (600 m): Kenya, Ethiopia

Drifter (300 m): South Africa

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Egypt

7. Name a country with part of the Alps.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Slovenia

Jet Stream (850 m): Switzerland

Updraft (600 m): Italy, Austria

Drifter (300 m): France

Decoy (150 m): Liechtenstein, Monaco

Ballast (100 m): Germany

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