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I also liked the fact that you don't need plastic cement. Not that it's terrible, but wood glue is just easier and cleaner.

There are lots of good "educational" rocket kits. I have seen various groups use ones like the wee Estes UP Spaceloft. For a group I worked with, I selected the BMS School Rocket, having already built one just to see how it would go. I wanted a bit of a traditional kit with balsa and...

The Genie is both interesting in form and history. I was surprised to learn it was operation way up until 1988, when the F-106 was finally retired. There are some pictures on the net of it being fired from F-106's, both USAF and Canadian F-101's, and of course the only "live" nuclear burst...

"You've been eaten by a Grue." I might have to adopt that as a signature line! Kids today wouldn't "get" a text-based game. But ZORK was pretty fun in its day.

You guys are showing your age. I had an Atari 800, with a cassette player for input. Of course, that was before the C64. Later got an Indus GT floppy drive. M.U.L.E. was one of the best video games ever.

Our local club - great outfit - just announced that over 18 flyers must have an NAR or Tripoli membership for insurance reasons. If that is so, I can understand the reason but a $60-70 annual membership isn't a cost I am looking forward to. It may not be a big deal to some, but add up the...

Dave Carver's got it right - an "antique" gun under federal law is an 1898 and earlier firearm (talking cartridge firearms). The "50 year +" rule mentioned is that any firearm fifty years or older is considered a "curio and relic" firearm - not the same thing as an "antique" firearm under...

Looks very nice!

That is one nice rocket. How did you airfoil the fins so nicely?

They are probably working through a slew of orders. Including mine! I threw in a couple of D5-4's and am trying to figure out what semi-disposable platform to use them in.

Love those FSI clones. As I kid, I spent many an hour pondering the Mach 1 Dart. Can't wait to the see the pictures of yours fully finished...and the part list!

Also received my package - thanks!

I'd be interested.

Good quality binocs are definitely good to have. But...I have a quality 8x42 binoc, and will occasionally still lose smaller rockets well below a mile if they are fast movers with a long coast (tracking smoke burnt out)...they just get smaller, smaller, smaller, gone. These aren't tiny rockets...

Yes, all good choices! I have to concur on the DC10, though. Douglas built 'em tough, and they will be missed when they are gone.

Wow...your pictures will now force me to buy one, too. :)

Government inspectors vary widely...most are pretty good guys; some are outstanding and some are just rotten. Remember the huge fuss about American Airlines grounding their MD-80's a couple of years ago? That had to do with an FAA inspector looking at some wire routing that had been reworked...

Haven't tried it yet, but isn't a spill hole supposed to cut down on the spinning? As a BAR, I seem not to have alot of swinging issues but I see it alot at the range. I've gone using long shock cords - maybe that has something to do with it?

I just bought a bale of ceiling insulation. I haven't used it yet, but I figured a column as long as 2-3 times tube diameter ought to be about right. I figure it will compress but not enough to "flip" and let the ejection gases by. Is it trickier than that? I just used a nomex protector...

Wow, I had completely forgotten that as a kid I had a Maxi-Icarus that I flew quite alot. https://www.spacemodeling.org/JimZ/est1331.htm