1971 Onboard Rocket Movies!

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jmmome

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As seniors at Cardinal Stritch High School, Oregon OH, Kirk Packo and I built and flew a scratch-built-from-Centuri-parts two stage rocket powered by two "F" motors on the first stage, and a single "F" motor on the upper stage. A one pound Kodak 18fps 8mm movie camera from a pawn shop, affixed with a front surface 45 degree angle mirror, caught the action looking down- Kirk's brilliant idea for the mirror.

Not great visual quality compared to today's mini camcorders, but it was a fun accomplishment for two 17 year olds with just enough knowledge to pull this off.

My thanks to Dr. Packo for finding the film after all these years and creating a wonderful video from them!
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Outstanding ! That qualifies as "Boldly going ..." in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.
 
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