Jeffrey Joe Hinton

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 yo...

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 th...

I'm pretty sure Art got a copy from somewhere because he wouldn't take the one I offerred him at our meeting. Seems as if I remember him saying someone else was looking for a copy as well. Chime in...

Anyone else drooling over this news? Might be worth another look at the hybrid GSE. I could probably be persuaded to invest the energy to find my hypertek tank. And I know there are a few others o...

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...

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 dimi...

I always knew bullshit was the best fertilizer.

Breathing apparatus necessary above 25,000' - apply now to the TRA BoD if you're planning on going over the established waiver limits. Unless you're like the late Sir Edmund and can rough/tough it o...

When rocketry is outlawed, only outlaws will fly rockets. Sorry, back to topic. Launch logs have always been a contentious item. Not sure when or why NCR started posting them but it was a kool ide...

In a nutshell, straight from the TRA site, this is a minimum of what needs to be recorded on a flight card. Posted information could be gleaned from this. 9.13 Record Keeping9.13.1 A flight card shal...

In writing includes email and fax. No hanging chads allowed.

I know Scott will sleep well tonight. As will Mike Konshak and Greg Arend. 14 flights today, three of which were L2 Certs!!!

Truth be told - we learn more from mistakes - ours and others - then we do from our successful launch and recoveries.