Me and my Alpha 3 made it the papers

[Leo]

In October I attended a small rocket meet in southern Germany to commemorate Hans Held, a German pioneer in toy rocket powered gliders and other neat things.

I had asked the newspaper if I can post the whole article here but they refused because of copyright reasons.

However there is a picture and a small portion of the text online:

https://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/wessobrunn/luftraum-ueber-haid-wurde-2549186.html

In the picture you see me launching my Estes Alpha 3.

Model rocketry in newspapers isn't very common so I was thrilled about it.

 

[JohnNGA]

That's really cool...October Sky, Happy Holidays

 

[JPVegh]

Man you gotta love the translate feature. I think I was better off reading it in German.

Very nice launch, did the rocket really weigh 4.8 kilos? That's pretty heavy for an I motor.

Congratulations on making the paper, it's a great photo.