Warren B. Musselman

The discussion I had with Jim was more related to the fact that the standard atmosphere model is calibrated at a specific temperature - I can't recall what it is, but I think it's right at freezing. H...

So a 4 mile cylinder to 20K and a 10 mile cylinder to 35K. Excellent W

Well I can see at least 4 people in NCR who have their eyes on altitude records who would want one within the next couple months... John Wilke, Adrian, Chad and myself... and probably more. I would as...

Yes the contest is a go - I've got to get hold of Brent McNeely and discuss with him before I officially announce and unfortunately he wasn't at O'fest. Working on it. Probably will end up being annou...

I'm not 100% sure about the AAO during the 20K waiver, but I do know it was 5m radius when the call-in to 35K is active. I would expect it is 3m radius and not diameter. Personally, from all that Adri...

Chad, that is one of the things that TRA's new records committee is working on. Up until recently, TRA records were largely the province of Tom Rouse and his judgement ruled all. A few recent controv...

No, you're quite correct - there are no restrictions on a manufacturer competing. That said, I think folks are inclined to view a manufacturer competing with a somewhat jaundiced eye. The two main iss...

Adrian, I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with James and Doug on this. TRA is just not going to accept your record attempts unless you're using someone else's altimeter. If you were flying a Missi...

I think it is Adrian's second stage G to F shot from Oktoberfest. Warren

Well if I posted it, it must be true. I've probably picked up another $80 or $100 at a guess, but I'm not sure - still have to dig through my boxes to find the contest file and envelope with the cash....

Not for long my friend, not for long. Winter is coming and with it my building season and I have quite a few little projects in the pipeline - a D, E, F, and G series of birds and a K bird specific fo...

I can see my truck in the first picture and the edge of the hood in the second. I'm probably LCO at the table in the first. Warren

Cool idea for a tower if the stuff is adjustable for diameter and fin span. Probably expensive. Warren

John, John Bixler is the only one I know of that took advantage of the 35K window - he flew a Loki K350 in his rocket "Junior" to 22K and change. W

The price of lead - along with copper, zinc, aluminum, steel and most other commodities has shot up over the last couple years due to China. Do like I do - boycott Chinese goods if at all possible. Wa...