Two reasons for this flight: First, to try out a 12″ Top Flight chute I’d just bought. (Bought an 18″ too, but that’ll have to wait.) Second, well, Patriot. It’s one of my oldest rockets. Oldest? It’s about 11 months old. Seems like much longer. Anyway, it flew here last year and I figured it should go up again. The flight went well and came down in a wet area, close to where the water was several inches deep, but only a couple inches deep where it landed… watered?… grassed; it didn’t actually get wet because the grass kept it out of the water. The rocket’s from the days when I was still using Estes rubber bands and trifold mounts. It’s still holding, but I’m thinking I should change it out for braided elastic before launching it again.