All photos by Jeff Stai
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John Van
Norman came
out from behind the LCO station long enough to actually fly a rocket,
and it was worth waiting for.
His scratch built "YamIdoingthis???" carried two video cameras
(both side-looking and downward-looking) to the top of
the 10,000’ waiver
on a M2500 blue thunder motor. The flight, videos, and recovery were
flawless and
that
evening everyone
got to
see the videos. On the side-looking video, the rocket rolled only ¼ of
a turn on the way up, giving a breathtaking panorama of the mountains
and
desert. It
was particularly eerie to watch the mountains which mark the familiar
western
horizon
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Saturday afternoon Scott Sobieralski sent his scratch built “Here Goes Nothing” aloft on a M1315. Being small and light, it used every inch of the high altitude waiver, and returned to earth ready to fly again.
Next morning Brian Sutton made a cameo appearance. Onsite only 3 hours, he prepped and flew his “Gemini-Titan” on a M1315. The 1/10th scale model weighs 85 lbs and stands 11 feet tall and rose majestically to a peak altitude of 2,742’. As the LCO commented, it was an “awesome” flight. And he even got it back.
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