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Did a great job recovering our four rockets down wind. They almost caught this one as it came back by chute. More below.,

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  1. We started with the Starburst on a mixed cluster of a F32 Blue Thunder + E15 White Lightning
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    Kevin caught me capturing the action
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    Then the LOC IV on a CTI G50 Imax
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    In a freak show overhead, the parachute cord slid through a gap in the eyebolt, fluttering free from the airframe entirely… and leaving it to hit hard (interrupting the HD video cam onboard) and shattering a fin and the nose (under repair now).

    Then one of old skool rockets, the Initiator on an Aerotech Redline, rising above Hangar Two
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    So close…
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    And bringing it back on the tarmac
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    Here is a video of these launches

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