And some people thought Ann dropping a bowling ball from a plane was weird. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebdxb8roC-Y patrick
Patrick, during the annual LDRS rocket launch hosted in various states, those able to get FAA sanction for the height required--I believe 50,000 FT AGL (the Utah Rocket Club hosted it out on the salt flats prior to 9/11), one of the featured contests is to see how high a bowling ball can be lifted by a conventional rocket motor. To get the required altitude clearance, we had to get permission to go out on a portion of the HAFB bombing range. I believe it was a Bird Colonel who secured permission from the USAF. We are now, since 9/11, unable to secure permission to get back on the bombing range section, so we launch out maybe 12 miles towards Floating Island, with permitted windows to 25,000ft AGL. As a footnote, Dan H was in charge of our annual Hellfire launch over the weekend of 9/11 and ran into a firestorm when he shut the launch down comletely as directed by HAFB. Strangely enough, SLC air traffic control, as well as NORAD, were OK with continuing the launch. Dan had called them both. But, HAFB shut us down completely on the 11th. We were allowed to launch the next day, but using only motors available in hobby stores--no high power. One of his big problems was with the people who had traveled from neighboring states, and further, who came to the flats to launch their big stuff (take, for instance, the Renton, WA club who meets and launches at Boeing Field. They have an altitude restriction of 300ft AGL), and did not take kindly to being told they would be unable to launch. If interested, talk to Dan about it. I am really proud of him and how he handled this tough situation. 73 On 11/26/2012 12:44 AM, Wiggins Patrick wrote:
And some people thought Ann dropping a bowling ball from a plane was weird. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebdxb8roC-Y
patrick
It would have been more impressive if he had caught a bowling ball. ________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 12:44 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] A different kind of meteor And some people thought Ann dropping a bowling ball from a plane was weird. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebdxb8roC-Y patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
The comments under the video are pretty funny, poor Jets fans! On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
It would have been more impressive if he had caught a bowling ball.
________________________________ From: Wiggins Patrick <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 12:44 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] A different kind of meteor
And some people thought Ann dropping a bowling ball from a plane was weird. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebdxb8roC-Y
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One thing about it, Joe. If he had caught a bowling ball, there would be no need to dig a grave! 73 On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote: > It would have been more impressive if he had caught a bowling ball. > > > > > ________________________________
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