Sentimental Journey

[Tom Stanton]

At 10:56 AM 3/28/97 -0600, Christopher Gonzales wrote:
>Hi folks,
[big snap!]
>Water Rockets by ???
>You fill them with water, pump in some air, pull a little trigger, a
>'fwoosh!' off into the sky it would go.  One rocket had a little 'Space
>Shuttle' attached that was supposed to separate at Brennschlauss, and glide
>safely to earth, but usually the little glider hung on 'til it came
>crashing down, breaking free when it hit the ground.  Not too good for
>those shuttle pilots.  I think they stopped making this one after the
>Challenger disaster.

Once was the proud owner of same, a clear bright red model with fins bent
to created a twisting ascent. The 'chute never worked. Dreamed of building
a liquid fuel model rocket but never moved beyond water...

Tom