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Rocket Launching of
September 1, 2013 |
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Setting up again at the field at Jacks Lane and Supplee Road in Lansdale.
Jim, Joe, Andrea, Chrissy, Matt, Tom and Aiden.
It's
2PM. It's 90°F,
sunny and humid. Nobody else is at the field because of the heat. We have the whole
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First order of business: Take this
picture!
Since the new
rocket is made from the remains of the Gray Ghost,
(see the launching page for August 10, 2013)
which was made from the carcass
of Big Red, which was made from the remains of the
first Big Red, which was
made
from the wreck of the Honest John,
take a
picture of me holding it before it crashes, explodes or ends
up in a tree. |
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Joe Jones and Jim Nolen, founding members of the A.R.O. in 1968. |
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First up - a
double launch of Joe's Quest Courier and the Parachute Guy
Rocket Launcher.
Nice finishing job on the Courier, can't say the same about
the PGRL. |
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The Courier returns with streamer
recovery. |
The PGRL has a safe landing. But where
is the parachute guy??
We looked in vain at the open sky. He had vanished!
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It turns out that the parachute guy was
still in the rocket! Man, it must have been hot in there!
Unfortunately,
the parachute guy was too big and got stuck. This rocket was
designed for smaller parachute men but we didn't
have any small ones left. I had a funny feeling about this
as I jammed him in there. Heh. Heh-heh. Poor sucker. |
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We launched him again, and he got stuck again!
This time,
he prevented the rocket parachute from ejecting. The rocket
hit the ground with a nauseating thud. |
The poor guy was practically melted. The impact
severely damaged the
rocket but we launched it a third time and he got stuck AGAIN. That
was the end of the Parachute Guy Rocket Launcher; it's a
wreck. |
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Next, the maiden voyage of Matt's
Alpha with an A8-3 engine. |
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| A perfect flight! |
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Home made plastic parachute. |
Caught by Chrissy! |
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