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Wayco said:

Sharon, me and Rapiditty at TRA/PHX launch.

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Wayne that's a good picture of you and Sharon!

This is me carrying the Prometheus to its launch pad. Flight on an L850 to 1500m
The picture below is from the same launch, the Dragonfly is my camera rocket. It usually flies on a J415 to 1400m.
Both fotos taken by Dany Flury, ARGOS (Switzerland, https://www.argoshpr.ch)
All stickers and wraps done by Stickershock

The Dragonfly is more cool than I can say. Awesome!

This is me Thursday morning at LDRS34 about to get my L2...

Bat-mite said:

The Dragonfly is more cool than I can say. Awesome!

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Thank you!
It also flies really well, due to the large fins there's virtually no roll (maybe two revelations up to apogee) - very good for camera/Video flights!

It's me! Well, me and Pride and then landed RD, both XPRS 2016.

Nice to see this thread revived...time to see some mugs!

Here's me, acting as a seat for one of the dogs. And me, at Hellfire XXI, with a cowbird that decided to perch on my hat.

My go-to profile picture:



And me just being me.

blackbrandt said:

My go-to profile picture:
And me just being me.
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And yet that cute redhead still likes you...
Wow, either she's a special girl, or she has a weakness for rocket dorks (don't worry, I'm not name calling, as I are one too...) :wink:

jd2cylman said:

And yet that cute redhead still likes you...
Wow, either she's a special girl, or she has a weakness for rocket dorks (don't worry, I'm not name calling, as I are one too...) :wink:

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Yeah, apparently so. She has expressed interest in going to LDRS....

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Yeah, apparently so. She has expressed interest in going to LDRS....

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Great. Now I won't be able to fart. :cyclops:

Here I am at Godlewsky Farms posing with the Diamond Cutter before its exceptionally crappy maiden flight. What a rare treat for all of you.


Posing with LPR rockets is not as impressive as having a 20 lb beast on your shoulder, but whatever...

We don't judge. (Hey look what this guy posted... XD )

Bat-mite said:

Great. Now I won't be able to fart. :cyclops:

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Sure you can. Just time it with a sparky launch.

It's amazing how many of the people who posted pics in this thread don't contribute any more.

This is just before the Dragonfly's inaugural flight in Brothers, Oregon. I'm really not terribly strong, the Dragonfly is pretty light at 46 pounds loaded.

Bat-mite said:

Great. Now I won't be able to fart. :cyclops:

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Exactimator said:

Sure you can. Just time it with a sparky launch.

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Just no skidmarks! :wink:

Bat-mite said:

It's amazing how many of the people who posted pics in this thread don't contribute any more.

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I noticed that... Seems like it was a completely different place just a few years back.

Here's my ugly mug. Taken at NYPOWER 20 just before my L1 flight.

Maybe some people thought it was a one shot deal so everyone could see what they look like. Apparently, some of you wanna keep us updated on how we've aged? Me, not so gracefully. But I'm still launching rockets.

Here's me buffing the launch rod clean while Mac holds my Cloud Chopper at NSL 2015.



And here it is coming in upside down....again.

Cabernut said:

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I don't think I realized how big that Optima was. Really spiffy.

Me and my son right before my L1:

Me and my DarkoStar right after my L2:

Me and my Gizmo XL-DD-V (L3):

LW Bercini said:

Since I've been unable to do anything with rockets since 1997, you'll have to settle for pics of me in other contexts:

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Well, aren't we the dashing gent...
Didn't know you were a dancing magician/Kenny Rogers impersonator.

Pem Tech said:

Well, aren't we the dashing gent...
Didn't know you were a dancing magician/Kenny Rogers impersonator.

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Layne,

From 1997 to 2011, I put rocketry on hold to pursue competitive and exhibition dance. All of these pics were taken at dance events.

That "magician" picture was from a show where I portrayed the archetypal villain of silent films (e.g. Snidely Whiplash). In this scene, I had just tied the hapless maiden to the track and was celebrating my villainy

Thus is photographic evidence that I was not always fat and gray.

-LW Bercini
1998 UCWDC World Champion

OK, I'll play..

me.. at this summer's company BBQ, teaching the fine art of fly tying to another fly caster. And me, from many many years ago with my old favortie

Airfest this year after a long walk through the sorghum field, or as I like to call it...hell on earth. Nasty stuff!

PokerJones said:

Airfest this year after a long walk through the sorghum field, or as I like to it...hell on earth. Nasty stuff!

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You look like a pleasant soul in that picture.

blackbrandt said:

You look like a pleasant soul in that picture.

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Trying to find a midpower in that silage would make Gandhi look like Pol Pot.

blackbrandt said:

You look like a pleasant soul in that picture.

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I think you're right Matt, that picture was taken when I was in a rather bad mood after chasing a rocket in the heat.

I'm in a much better mood in this one :wink:

I'm not a big fan of doing anything in the heat. The older I get, the worse my tolerance for the heat.