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“!!!!!WAIT!!!!!” “TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!” 8) 8)Plane leaves at 10:45 tomorrow!!Incidentally, Sean S will also be viewing the launch. NASA, in a stroke of insensitivity, won’t let Sean OR I LCO. Drat.I wonder if there really IS a button that…   Read more»

I’m going to miss the cleanup, but I have the mother of all excuses 8) I will be in Florida for THIS http://apnews.excite.com/article/20100511/D9FKRM981.html

“!!!!!WAIT!!!!!” “TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!!!” 8) 8)

Okay, that’s THE BEST EXCUSE I’ve ever heard, JW! 😯

I’m going to miss the cleanup, but I have the mother of all excuses 8) I will be in Florida for THIS http://apnews.excite.com/article/20100511/D9FKRM981.html

There.

I’m in.

Clean Up at Mr Eds?I”ll bring my pitchfork.See you there.

While I haven’t missed a cleanup party since 2004, I may miss this Sunday. My wife had surgery last week and can’t drive until she sees the surgeon on Friday. IF she can drive to work the following Monday, I…   Read more»

I have also had good rattle-can results with the Ace Hardware label cans. The stuff is made by Krylon, but uses a significantly better spray tip and lays the paint down much better.

Minor detail: The fire was not caused by an AMW or ProX Skidmark, but by a Loki Spitfire motor.The Skidmark propellant fully complies with NFPA, which specifies what metals and what particle size can be used for a Sparky motor…   Read more»

I just baught me one of these indian things.That’s Cool!! Hope you never need it.I had my garden sprayer at the last launch and people were asking me if I was killing weeds.I said no I am Orkin Man. I…   Read more»

Well! At least your being respectful. I just baught me one of these indian things.http://store.gomed-tech.com/fedco-indian-backpack-firefighting-pump-p736.aspxIf you guys start a fire around my truck I will be ready. If its out in the field my fat butt will probably be the…   Read more»

If our fire had been caused by a Skidmark after we specifically said we weren’t going to fly Skidmarks… Yikes. I can’t even imagine.I respectfully disagree in that it appears they had the foresight (not the hindsight) to preclude these…   Read more»

Hind Sight is always 20/20 guys.They mighta been talkin like this after our fire.

Tim Thomas – your comments are ON THE BUTTON. I don’t know what more could be said. They violated their own rules, and there you have it.This isn’t the eastern half of the USA that gets 40″ of rain annually….   Read more»

Having read the threads on the TRA members email list, this was clearly a pretty low risk day – no wind, mild temperatures, damp soil… and they took all the proper precautions – more in fact than I’ve seen us…   Read more»

Clearly they shouldn’t have been flying that sparkie that day, but for an explanation that make it more understandable about why they did, see the first-hand account on post #60, from the SLI mentor John Chandler//www.rocketryplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6524&page=6

8) Not to be brutal, but… The club had banned Sparkies. The ban was in place so what happened would not happen. The flier had only a K Sparkie to test his SLI project with. The RSO and LSO let…   Read more»

Were I a west-Texas rancher that raised 15-20 bu/acre wheat every other year (half the ground is fallowed, meaning it is planted every other year) and if I had survived drought, hail, grasshoppers etc. and was looking at bringing in…   Read more»

I have long felt that we need to do more prevention efforts – particularly at our big launches. A weedwhacker to cut down everything around the pads or a lawnmower to reduce fuel load. Periodically wetting down pad areas and…   Read more»