Sentimental Journey

[davemarc]

> From: Joe Varo <vjvaro at erie.net>
> [snip]
> Surprised to see that there are no model rocketry enthusiasts here. 
> [snip]

All ya had to do was ask....I was into such rockets.  I remember the
semi-scenic walks to and from the suburban launch areas (a.k.a. empty
schoolyards) at least as much as the rocket-building and rocket-launching. 
And then there was the challenge of rocket-retrieval--trying to relocate
the darn things after shooting them so high that they vanished from sight. 
(My buddies and I favored tiny, cheap models for quickest building and
ascent.)  Of course, with all the aeronautical experimentation going on in
Our Town (home of the lunar module), it's quite likely that at least some
of our four x 1/2 inch models were intercepted and captured mid-flight,
brought to a faraway lab for dissection and analysis.  We kids only managed
to take down a half-dozen or so of Their craft.

davemarc