Positive News Coverage

MKP

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That was a good report. It's pretty rare to anything positive on the news these day so that was nice to see.
 

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Ya beat me to it!..LOL...Just saw the report, posted on the SoAR Yahoo group! NICE coverage! And I know 2 of those dudes on the video! I know for certain one of them lurks here often! Brad(UncleVanya) and Charlie O.(not sure if he is on here or not)..Very cool report! :cool:
 

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Our Fox affiliate featured us in live remotes on their morning show last summer (tied in with that silly movie about the flies hitching a ride on Apollo 11), but their reporter just couldn't be kept on-story, and I don't know that we got anything out of it.
 

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I was very impressed with the story, and felt they did an excellent job at promoting a terrific hobby. To top it off, it happened right at our club field.

I thought it would be a 15 second blurb so I was surprised at the length. Great Job Fox Charlotte!
 

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Very cool! It's nice to see something positive about the hobby make it out to the masses. I especially liked how he referred to the Cato as a "Malfunction" and not an "Explosion."

I remember we had a Fox affiliate come out to RocStock a few years back. They put together a pretty nice piece on us. We also had Popular Mechanics do a nice write up on high power rocketry. It's cool to see people you know and projects you're familiar with get above average publicity. :D
 

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I've done many demos with the local media present, the latest being this past Labor Day weekend. Having something familiar or colorful ready to launch is a big plus. Always fly proven designs.
One of my TLP Scud Bs made the front page of a local paper and the 6 O'clock news on the local television. The model probably cost about $5 in materials to construct.
 
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