Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Mission #42: the debrief

Pilots
8,508
Average
3,190 m
6,000 m+
1%

Heaviest ballastName an African Commonwealth member whose flag has white on it. 58% stayed low or missed.

Most liftName a country that borders Austria or Germany (not those two).

Every accepted answer

1. Name a country in Africa with five or more land neighbours.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Libya, Congo, Central African Republic

Jet Stream (850 m): Zambia, Chad, Senegal, Guinea, South Sudan

Updraft (600 m): Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Drifter (300 m): Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Algeria, Mozambique

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

2. Name a country or territory in Asia with a coastline and at least one land border.

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

Jet Stream (850 m): Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Kuwait, Macau

Updraft (600 m): Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yemen, Malaysia, North Korea, Syria, Cambodia, Hong Kong

Drifter (300 m): Iran, Türkiye, Thailand, South Korea, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel

Ballast (100 m): India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam

3. Name an African Commonwealth member whose flag has white on it.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Eswatini, Seychelles

Jet Stream (850 m): Botswana, Lesotho

Updraft (600 m): Sierra Leone, Namibia, Gambia

Drifter (300 m): Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, South Africa

4. Name a country in Africa with more than 30 million people.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Madagascar, Ivory Coast

Jet Stream (850 m): Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique

Updraft (600 m): DR Congo, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda

Drifter (300 m): Kenya, Morocco, Ethiopia

Ballast (100 m): Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa

5. Name a landlocked country in Asia.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Armenia, Bhutan

Jet Stream (850 m): Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia

Updraft (600 m): Azerbaijan, Laos, Turkmenistan

Drifter (300 m): Nepal, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan

Ballast (100 m): Afghanistan, Uzbekistan

6. Name a country where Italian is an official language.

Edge of Space (1000 m): Vatican City

Updraft (600 m): San Marino

Drifter (300 m): Switzerland

Ballast (100 m): Italy

7. Name a country that borders Austria or Germany (not those two).

Edge of Space (1000 m): Slovakia, Slovenia

Jet Stream (850 m): Czechia, Hungary

Updraft (600 m): Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark

Drifter (300 m): Poland, Netherlands

Decoy (150 m): Luxembourg, Liechtenstein

Ballast (100 m): France, Italy

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