Jeffrey Joe Hinton

Brian, stay in touch. When you get settled in, find the local club. There has to be some great flying friends to be found there. You’ll be missed here. Happy to have known you.

Reminds me that I still need to publish the CROCS tube rocket contest rules. I’ll see if I can scratch together something this weekend to post.

Found mine. Are you gon’na need cases too? Sign me up for at least one Dragon’s Breath race.

The Saturn Five is in the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs but should be rolled on for another spectacular boost. And I hope to Drag Race Tim Thomas with the Doug Stout custom ARCAS on J380’s.

Now that it has been mentioned, the volunteer lined up to tow for Saturday can no longer do so. Any new volunteers? Contact me by PM or by phone 303 859-9728 cell 303 449-9344 home. Thanks.Disregard – a new volunteer…   Read more»

I don’t want to rain on the parade – it will be an awesome year for flying – but the windows to thirty five are still in the works and not yet approved. 20K is still extra-ordinary airspace to play…   Read more»

The Navy claims, one shot, one kill. Debris should be burning up for the next few days, with the remote possibility of pieces re-entering up to forty days out. That’s not a shooting star – that’s cosmic debris. Over 10,000…   Read more»

Looks like I’ll be waiting till Dec. 2010 for a better view. Couldn’t see thru the clouds for this one.

Actually, I’m planning on watching it tonight (Wednesday) starting about 6:45 when it begins to be noticable and maxi-obscured by about 8 PM. Then it starts to fade away. Thursday will be too late.

USA 193 Shoot Down Attempt On ThursdaySatellite attack planned for Feb. 21 – right during the lunar eclipse?, The Cosmic Mirror”A Notice to Airmen has been issued closing a zone near Maui for air traffic on the morning of Feb….   Read more»

Cosmic debris is job security for the folks at NORAD. Anti-missile defense and satelite hunting are all parts of the same madness that let Skylab fall because we weren’t ready to share information/technology. Re-entry is still guesswork for uncontrolled objects….   Read more»

Yehaw but that was kool!! Really moving out there/up there. Probably the brightest pass we’ve had in quite a while.

Yehaw!!! So what are you going to build for Oktoberfest?

Given that a mile is just a little over 5000 feet (by 280), maybe smaller increments would attract more attention. Pretty good idea actually, and an annual (or bi-monthly) updated column/artcle in your magazine would encourage folks to participate and…   Read more»

I’m still partial to the RATT motors but only because I’ve still got a reload or two waiting to be flown. The RATT K240 is a screaming banshee of a load and the M900 is no slouch. There’s also a…   Read more»

This mentally challenged flyer has yet to make it to BALLS but would take my son (16) without pause because he’s really only interested in the flights that don’t survive as planned. Waverly loves the thrill of failures. Like they…   Read more»

As long as it lifts and doesn’t seperate. I’d be screaming too. Paperwork has been filed. take a number. I’d like to go on the third reload. I promise to quit drinking so many beers and lose some weight.

Our waivers are for UNMANNED rocket launches. We’d need to file new paperwork.

Ah, but you could only fly them one at a time.

Just goes to show ‘ya, when the Gov’t decides to act after the fact, it only takes ’em about twelve years. Now if they would also regulate Ryder trucks and diesel fuel, maybe the threat would be diminshed enough for…   Read more»