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Glorious Leader Mike Erpelding
(and Andy Heren)
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Todd Carpenter's Estes Sidewinder on a C6-5. (after momentary
rod-lock)
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Carpenter pad prep
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Fat Boy
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Stuart Lenz can fit an entire itsy-bitsy fleet in one tote
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Jim Myers' "Alpha Maxi" on a D12-5
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A great gaggle of door prizes
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Young Myers-es
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Jim Myers' 2-stage Deuce Booster fires two C's on the pad.
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Mike instructs the Boe Boys in the proper assembly of an 18mm RMS
D13 reload...
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Caleb Boe's Estes Venus Probe on a D13 reload.
Classic case of blow-by that lit the ejection charge right after
motor ignition.
Note cloud of cellulose wadding between about
6 and 10 feet off the ground. Parachute is
being dragged behind the booster.
Lander is not visible having been punched out-of-frame by the
ejection charge.
(Um, Mike? About that assembly technique? <grin>)
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Alpha prep ala Gibbens
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Mark Thell's X-15 on a C6-3
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Mark Thell and his Estes Aerospace Club Viper - autographed by
Vern Estes!
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Ted Cochran's Estes Silver Comet on its 2,369th flight. (or
something like that)
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"It's too hot to fly rockets. Lets just talk to Ed."
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Baby Bertha (now with yellow duckies)
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"...and I borrowed this knob from the reactor control panel..."
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Mark Thell's MPC Martian Patrol on a B6-4
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Tyler Ericksen and Carol Marple prep a Fat Boy
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Fat Boy drag race!
A pastel Fat Boy!
Ready to go...
Jeff Taylor has first motion, but Carol Marple is but a
split-second behind...
...and they're off!
Alyssa Taylor is fashionably late...
...but launches in style!
<ahem> Todd Carpenter's refuses to participate... |
