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Albert Stevens Level II Cert - NARAM 38

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This was Albert’s certification flight for Tripoli Level II. The model was a PML Endeavour, and the motor was supplied by AeroTech, a J350 which had just been released on the market. Bruce Kelly signed him off after a beautifully success flight. Albert passed away earlier this year unexpectedly, and will be sorely [...]

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JPX Level III Cert Flight

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Sorry for the crappy quality video. Scratch-built model burning a Kosdon M1130 TRS, using an Adept ALTS2 for dual deploy, Rocketman 6′ drougue, Rocketman 14′ main parachute. Big thanks to Ross at Magnum, and super thanks to Phil Prior. As always, I couldn’t have done it without the support of the Kentuckiana Rocketry [...]

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The ScudZilla Chronicles - Flights 3 and 4

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Danville, Illinois in October of 1999. Trying to get a pair of AeroTech I211’s to airstart off of the staging timer. No joy. The ignitor wires kept burning thru, probably due to the back-splash of the core motor heat coming off of the flame deflector.
These flights were after the rocket had taken to [...]

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Dan Sesit Level II Cert Flight

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Dan crams a J350 into a Scotglas Nike-Smoke at Danville to achieve a most excellent certification.Kansieo.com

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LOC Apache on K185

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Jeff DeDoming from the KRA cracks the Danville sky with a nice long-burning AeroTech K185. Despite the old video quality, you can see the dual-deploy action. Jeff was real good at this. Scratch-built Apache from LOC Precision parts.Caffeinated Content for WordPress

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Level II Cert Flight - JPX Gets High

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NARAM 38, Evansville, IN - JPX (hey, that’s me!)with a LOC Magnum burning an AeroTech J275 reload for a successful Tripoli Level II certification. This was a great gathering of the KRA group for the event. Thanks, Chad. Taped by Mike Sellers using full sized RCA VHS camcorder.Create a video blog…instantly.

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