GARLO 2006

Green Rage 2 (PML AMRAAM 2.1") / G38-4 (Aerotech). Photo by Alan Carroll

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Green Rage 2 (PML AMRAAM 2.1") / G38-4 (Aerotech). Photo by Alan Carroll

Alan Carroll's Green Rage 2. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:29:00 -0700

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Alan Carroll's Green Rage 2. Photo by Robert Brunner

Alan Carroll's Green Rage (PML AMRAAM). Photo by Mark Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:29:22 -0700

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Alan Carroll's Green Rage (PML AMRAAM). Photo by Mark Smith

Wendy Gregory helps Jonathan Sivier prepare his three-stage, red, white and blue Comanche 3 for flight. Photo by Alan Carroll

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Wendy Gregory helps Jonathan Sivier prepare his three-stage, red, white and blue Comanche 3 for flight. Photo by Alan Carroll

Obligatory smoke trail in the sky picture. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:34:26 -0700

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Obligatory smoke trail in the sky picture. Photo by Alan Carroll

Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:34:40 -0700

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Photo by Alan Carroll

Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:34:50 -0700

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Photo by Alan Carroll

Stephen's Estes Maxi-Force takes off under the thrust of three mighty Estes D12-5 motors. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:35:10 -0700

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Stephen's Estes Maxi-Force takes off under the thrust of three mighty Estes D12-5 motors. Photo by Alan Carroll

Liftoff of William Carney's Dee Seven, a cluster rocket powered by seven D12-5 motors. All but one ignited correctly. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:35:30 -0700

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Liftoff of William Carney's Dee Seven, a cluster rocket powered by seven D12-5 motors. All but one ignited correctly. Photo by Alan Carroll

The monocopter fires up. Photo by Alan M. Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:36:11 -0700

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The monocopter fires up. Photo by Alan M. Carroll

Liftoff of Jonathan Sivier's Monocopter, a rocket that uses a single counterbalanced wing for aerodynamic lift, spun by a horizontally-firing E9 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:54:02 -0700

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Liftoff of Jonathan Sivier's Monocopter, a rocket that uses a single counterbalanced wing for aerodynamic lift, spun by a horizontally-firing E9 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

Pre-flight check of Mark and Adam Joseph's UFFO, an oddroc made out of styrofoam coffee cups. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:36:37 -0700

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Pre-flight check of Mark and Adam Joseph's UFFO, an oddroc made out of styrofoam coffee cups. Photo by Alan Carroll

Mark Joseph's UFFO styrofoam cup rocket in flight. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:28:39 -0700

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Mark Joseph's UFFO styrofoam cup rocket in flight. Photo by Robert Brunner

Bad attitude after launch. Actually, it's the inverted recovery of Adam and Mark Joseph's UFFO all-styrofoam rocket. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:36:20 -0700

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Bad attitude after launch. Actually, it's the inverted recovery of Adam and Mark Joseph's UFFO all-styrofoam rocket. Photo by Alan Carroll

Mark Joseph's BSD 38 Special, deployed. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:36:53 -0700

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Mark Joseph's BSD 38 Special, deployed. Photo by Alan Carroll

Setting up a rack. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:27:47 -0700

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Setting up a rack. Photo by Robert Brunner

Staging. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:29:13 -0700

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Staging. Photo by Robert Brunner

Jeff Deem's clustered Fun-Bird. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:29:20 -0700

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Jeff Deem's clustered Fun-Bird. Photo by Robert Brunner

Liftoff of Jeff Deem's Mega Fun Bird -- a modified BecTec Flying Fun Bird with a cluster of three C6 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:53:50 -0700

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Liftoff of Jeff Deem's Mega Fun Bird -- a modified BecTec Flying Fun Bird with a cluster of three C6 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

Stephen's Expediter ascends with an Aerotech G64-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:51:07 -0700

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Stephen's Expediter ascends with an Aerotech G64-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

Stephen's Expediter still going up with an Aerotech G64-4 reloadable motor. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:51:24 -0700

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Stephen's Expediter still going up with an Aerotech G64-4 reloadable motor. Photo by Greg Smith

Rear view of Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil, showing the ten motors, including rhe four D12s that spin the rocket. Look closely between the center motors for the launch lug running up th ...

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:29:07 -0700

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Rear view of Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil, showing the ten motors, including rhe four D12s that spin the rocket. Look closely between the center motors for the launch lug running up th ...

Kevin Trueblood prepares the "flash pan" ignition system used by his ten-motor, spin-stabilized Tasmanian Devil rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:51:51 -0700

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Kevin Trueblood prepares the "flash pan" ignition system used by his ten-motor, spin-stabilized Tasmanian Devil rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

Close-up of the "flash pan" used to insure ignition of all ten motors in Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil. All the motors ignited, but the rocket failed structurally shortly after liftoff, ...

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:52:12 -0700

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Close-up of the "flash pan" used to insure ignition of all ten motors in Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil. All the motors ignited, but the rocket failed structurally shortly after liftoff, ...

Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil just before launch. Note the custom "Taz" decal. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:52:59 -0700

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Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil just before launch. Note the custom "Taz" decal. Photo by Greg Smith

Kevin's Taz ignites in a flash! Photo by Mark Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:29:14 -0700

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Kevin's Taz ignites in a flash! Photo by Mark Smith

Cluster gone bad. Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil comes apart under thrust, just a few feet above the launcher. Note the free-flying D12-0 motors burning at both ends. Photo by Robert Br ...

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:28:17 -0700

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Cluster gone bad. Kevin Trueblood's Tasmanian Devil comes apart under thrust, just a few feet above the launcher. Note the free-flying D12-0 motors burning at both ends. Photo by Robert Br ...

Jack W. Murphy preps his Quest Antares prior to flight. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:52:38 -0700

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Jack W. Murphy preps his Quest Antares prior to flight. Photo by Greg Smith

Lon Westfall's ASP Tall Boy flying in a CHAD staged configuration using a cluster of one D and two C motors in the bottom "stage," igniting a single E9 motor in the sustainer. This was the ...

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:53:10 -0700

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Lon Westfall's ASP Tall Boy flying in a CHAD staged configuration using a cluster of one D and two C motors in the bottom "stage," igniting a single E9 motor in the sustainer. This was the ...

Alan Carroll checks in rockets and works the launch control console at GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:53:33 -0700

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Alan Carroll checks in rockets and works the launch control console at GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

Stephen's Estes Executioner lifts off with an E9-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:54:15 -0700

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Stephen's Estes Executioner lifts off with an E9-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

Chris Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" at liftoff with a cluster of 7 - D12 motors. The center motor of the cluster did not ignite, but the flight was spectacular anyway. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:35:55 -0700

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Chris Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" at liftoff with a cluster of 7 - D12 motors. The center motor of the cluster did not ignite, but the flight was spectacular anyway. Photo by Alan Carroll

Another view of Ivan's Big Brother clearing the launcher. Photo by Alan Carroll

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:54:56 -0700

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Another view of Ivan's Big Brother clearing the launcher. Photo by Alan Carroll

Chris Deem's Ivan's Big Brother Cluster. Photo by Robert Brunner

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:28:02 -0700

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Chris Deem's Ivan's Big Brother Cluster. Photo by Robert Brunner

Christopher Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" in flight. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:55:09 -0700

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Christopher Deem's "Ivan's Big Brother" in flight. Photo by Greg Smith

Stephen's Aerotech Initiator lifts off. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:54:36 -0700

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Stephen's Aerotech Initiator lifts off. Photo by Greg Smith

William Carney adjusts the launch angle of his Deuces Wild, a twin-engine cluster rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:55:32 -0700

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William Carney adjusts the launch angle of his Deuces Wild, a twin-engine cluster rocket. Photo by Greg Smith

Mark Page hooks up Cameron Page's Terror Ranger, a cluster rocket with two D12-5 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:55:53 -0700

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Mark Page hooks up Cameron Page's Terror Ranger, a cluster rocket with two D12-5 motors. Photo by Greg Smith

Robert Brunner's THOY Robin lifts off on what may be its last flight. The rocket landed on Bradley Avenue southwest of the launch site and was immediately run over by a truck! Welcome to t ...

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:56:08 -0700

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Robert Brunner's THOY Robin lifts off on what may be its last flight. The rocket landed on Bradley Avenue southwest of the launch site and was immediately run over by a truck! Welcome to t ...

CIA President Alan Carroll, working launch control at GARLO 2006, strains to see a rocket against the bright sky. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:56:36 -0700

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CIA President Alan Carroll, working launch control at GARLO 2006, strains to see a rocket against the bright sky. Photo by Greg Smith

Spectators watching the rockets lift off and waiting for their own chance to fly. About 120 people attended GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:57:00 -0700

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Spectators watching the rockets lift off and waiting for their own chance to fly. About 120 people attended GARLO 2006. Photo by Greg Smith

Photo by Mark Smith

nobody@smugmug.com (CIA-Rocketry) — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:29:12 -0700

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Photo by Mark Smith