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Old 11-14-2003 | 11:01 PM
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Default RE: RC and Model Rockets (inspired by the Discovery Channel programs)

Could it be "what goes UP must come down"....?

and they were on a pretty HUGE range in the middle of nowhere....!

The thing that got me was all of the safety issues, and then the close up of the chute launch system pre-igniting, and knocking the guy off the ladder, during the pre-launch setup. Talk about national coverage of an accident waiting to happen......makes some of the stuff that happens to aero-modelers look tame by comparison. ( Please NO comments about the recent deaths in RC modeling) I'm sure that somewhere, sometime, SOMEONE has bought lunch from a model rocket. It is just the fact that they made this a part of the story, and it showed the dangers of model rocketry so honestly. Also think the word "Dangerous" was in the sanction name of the event.........