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Aurora Flight Sciences (2009-07-23)

Besides hosting the Old Rocketeer's Reunion during NARAM-50, Aurora Flight Sciences designs and builds cool flying things. Wired's Danger Room discusses the flight test of their prototype Excalibur ... [Read More]

Dark Shadows (2009-08-31)

The 'gothic' soap opera Dark Shadows , which ran on ABC between from June 27, 1966 and April 2, 1971 was in retrospect probably one of my favorite shows. Being a kid when it first aired, I watched ... [Read More]

Mega-Review: Art Applewhite Delta Flying Saucers (2010-12-20)

At the time of this posting, Art Applewhite is offering no less than 10 versions of his Delta Saucer design, two of which are free downloads.  This is a cluster of reviews covering three of ... [Read More]

Review - Art Applewhite 18", 38mm and 54mm Delta Flying Saucer (2010-12-21)

This is a review of a pre-production version of Art Applewhite's 18", 38mm and 54mm Delta Flying Saucer .  Its construction varied somewhat from the production model. Nonetheless, it is ... [Read More]

Review: Massive Gassive (2011-01-22)

This is a cluster rocket based on a Crayon bank, which will help eat up my stash of D12-0s. It has one central 24mm motor mount surrounded by a ring of six motor mounts. On three sides, there is an ... [Read More]

Review: 58mm JATO (2011-01-23)

The 58mm JATO is a 29mm-powered rocket that resembles a rifle cartridge. The lower section is 3" in diameter and it transitions to 54mm. I bounced around between names and settled on this one, which ... [Read More]

Mega Review: Art Applewhite Catch-All (2011-01-24)

This post presents several additional Art Applewhite products: Cone Rocket Hourglass 24mm Super Cinco MicroMaxx Flying Saucer Plans Cone Rocket As the name indicates, this rocket is a simple cone ... [Read More]

In celebration of the reunion of the 4 amigos... (2013-03-24)

It appears I may actually fly a rocket or two in April and I will get to do so with three of my kinda/almost long-lost rocketry pals. To celebrate I'll dump some more old photos that I've found. I ... [Read More]