It's hard to imagine any other possible scenario than breakup and burn up, from the news photos and the total lack of any followup news. Damn. There's been...
they (cnn) showed video of the debris falling from the tank and hitting the wing. Video that probably didn't mean much till now. january is the black month...
Look at your date, it's the 1st of Feb. But it is a sad time. In This Universe The Night was Falling,The Shadows were lenghtening towards an east that would...
A very sad day, I was involved in the Shuttle before Columbia flew the first mission. I had woke up early to go out and see the reentry. I had the car packed ...
I have been experiencing many feeling of guilt and sorrow about the Shuttle Discovery disaster because I too had become complaicant with the seemingly boring...
... First off, don't tell 'em that it was the shuttle Discovery! It was Columbia that disintegrated over Texas. -- Scott D. Hansen NAR# 73268 SR WOOSH NAR...
... From: <rocketry_preservation_society@...> Subject: [OldRockets] Discovery Disaster ... 1. Tell them (the children) to cherish their parents, and to...
I'm going to run to Hobby Lobby, Hobbytown USA, or Office Depot for blank decal sheet or transparent sticker stock to print my own one-off stickers. What is...
While digging around in some of my model rocket junk, trying to put together a box of suff for a rocketeer in NZ, I ran acorss an old AVI model rocket engine. ...
Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has a PNC-55HJ that they would like to sell or trade. The cone was included in the #1916 Honest John, and the #2034...
slotdrod65 I am preparing to send one of these nose cones to BMS to have it reproduced in balsa for my daughters 4-H project this year. I believe Bill said he...
... Laverle, Interesting. I didn't know Bill was doing true "custom" orders again. He had stopped that awhile back. He always did his "semi-custom" orders,...
Scott I talked to Bill and he said he would just so I pay for the setup fee and take more than one of two nose cones. I remember the setup fee was not cheep...
... Yup, it's still sitting here. ;-) Just waiting for you to tell me when to ship it. When you do place the order and get the actual setup fee, please let me...
may be we could get them all done at the same time and it might save us on some of the setup fees. ... From: Scott D. Hansen To: OldRockets@yahoogroups.com ...
At 10:52 AM 02/02/2003, you wrote: Yes, that's a consideration. You may also want to ask about reducing setup fees if he plans on adding an Estes or Centuri...
what are the cones from Centuri that you want made in balsa? ... From: Scott D. Hansen To: OldRockets@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:03 PM ...
... Yep. Exactly. In fact, for a short nosecone, there is less lever length and hence less need for a long shoulder, but for a payload section, all the more...
Thanks, I checked BMS first, but since I could not have the cone semi custom made, I figured that my only resource was to get an original. I would go in for 4...
... It ejects just slightly after apogee in an A3-4T. Remember that you're not carrying up two feet of heavy basswood boom and a draggy barn door stabilizer. ...
In a message dated 2/1/03 11:02:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... It's a "D6.1," as I recall. I have a data sheet on these. I'll drag it out of storage when I...
- Stefan and Starlord, Even though it's de-certified and you might consider launching it at a one-man launch, I wouldn't. I still carry the remains around of a...
The only thing this engine has on it besides the avi name is a bar code! and IF I fly it (lots of room out here in the high mojave desert), I'll fly it as...