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The thread about cert levels got me thinking about the flights I remember the most.
The first one that pops into my head isn’t one of mine. It was a hot, Georgia day at TARA’s fantastic field in Perry, GA. A large Super Sod site that we used for years. 100 degrees on the field, we were melting.
John Kemker put up a LoC Bruiser on a J motor. Perfect booster. Should have landed close to the pads, but it Hit a THERMAL. We followed it as it floated just over our heads all the way across the field until it landed in the trees of a neighbor. Amazing. John, did you ever recover that bird. Can’t imagine going up to neighbors door, ‘“Hey, mister, ok if I get my rocket out of your tree” and then backing in a crane to recover that big bird.
The first one that pops into my head isn’t one of mine. It was a hot, Georgia day at TARA’s fantastic field in Perry, GA. A large Super Sod site that we used for years. 100 degrees on the field, we were melting.
John Kemker put up a LoC Bruiser on a J motor. Perfect booster. Should have landed close to the pads, but it Hit a THERMAL. We followed it as it floated just over our heads all the way across the field until it landed in the trees of a neighbor. Amazing. John, did you ever recover that bird. Can’t imagine going up to neighbors door, ‘“Hey, mister, ok if I get my rocket out of your tree” and then backing in a crane to recover that big bird.