Matthew Bond

AKA: Buckaroo

Location: Niceville, FL

Certification Level: L3 NAR/Tripoli

Club Memberships: NAR, Tripoli

Favorite Rockets: Estes - Starblazer X-20

Biography:

Grew up building and flying Estes rockets in the 70s and 80s.  Took a break from rocketry for college/job/marriage/kids/mortgage/etc.  Started back into rocketry when my kids were old enough.  Been in and out several times since then.  Discovered high power rocketry in 2009 with the Music City Missile Club in Manchester, Tennessee.  Got my L1 at Southern Thunder in June 2009 flying a scratch built upscale of a Thrustline Duster.  Got my L2 in May 2010 with an upscaled Estes Super Neon.  Moved to SoCal in 2010 and had a great couple of years flying with the ROC crowd in Lucerne Valley, CA.  Moved to the Florida panhandle in 2012 and am currently flying with the Southeast Alabama Rocketry Society.  Made the trek to Argonia, KS for Airfest XXI in September 2015 and got my L3 flying a Madcow Frenzy XL kit on a Cesaroni M1540-IMax.  My low power fleet/build pile still outnumbers my high power projects many times over but the bigger builds are slowly taking over my time and attention (not to mention my wallet).

Favorite Quote:

Luke:  I... I don't believe it!

Yoda:  sighs... That... is why you fail.

Club Home Page: http://www.sears572.com/

RocketReviews.com Pages:

• Personal Page
• Rocket Gallery
• Flight Log
• Flight Statistics

Reviews

• Estes - Super Neon {Kit} (2050) [2007-2011] (March 22, 2010)
• Scratch - Upscale Black Shadow {Scratch} (February 24, 2010)
• InFlight Rockets - Firehawk Clone Kit {Kit} (December 31, 2009)
• Semroc - Long Squire {Kit} (December 01, 2009)
• Estes - Argosy {Kit} (1988) [1988-1990] (October 01, 2009)
• Scratch - Clustered Booster Insanity {Scratch} (August 31, 2009)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Zack Attack {Kit} (August 05, 2009)
• Quest - Evader Cruise Missile {Kit} (2001) [1992-] (July 22, 2009)
• Semroc - Magnum Hornet {Kit} (KV-69) (July 21, 2009)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Black Shadow {Kit} (June 29, 2009)
• Excelsior Rocketry - Goonybird Iron Wombat {Plan} (February 05, 2006)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Duster {Kit} (January 22, 2006)
• Excelsior Rocketry - Der Goony Max {Plan} (November 22, 2005)
• Excelsior Rocketry - Goonybird Zero {Plan} (November 11, 2005)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Blue Bird Zero {Kit} (October 09, 2005)
• Custom Rockets - Sport {Kit} (10037) (September 05, 2005)
• Excelsior Rocketry - Goonybird Nike-G {Plan} (August 25, 2005)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Duster {Kit} (July 31, 2005)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Double Up! {Kit} (May 22, 2005)
• Thrustline Aerospace - Zack Attack {Kit} (October 20, 2003)

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