Thursday: S3 - A Parachute Duration Friday: S7 - Scale So, what's with the FAI event numbers?
Translations: S1 = B Altitude (30mm minimum
diameter)
S8 - E R/C R/G
S3 = A Parachute Duration (30mm minimum diameter)
S4 = B Boost Glide
S5 = B Scale Altitude (40 mm minimum body diameter)
S6 = A Streamer Duration (30mm minimum diameter)
S7 = Scale
S8 = E R/C Rocket Glide
S3 Team at the pad (Andy Tomasch, Dave O'Bryan, & Chad Ring) |
by the US Team recovery crew. |
They also served - Lila Schmaker, ace parachute prep assistant.... |
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S8E Team (George Riebesehl, George Gassaway, Dave O'Bryan) D-450 shot by Chad ring |
Dave O'Bryan's StingRay-6 liftoff, launched by Andy Tomasch (during S8E World Cup) |
Dave O'Bryan (r) flying during S8E WSMC event, as (l-r) Ellis Langford, Ross Hironaka, and George Riebesehl help spot and time (for more S8E photos see World Cup pics on page 3) |
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Scale room after turn-in. Many but not all of the S7 entries are shown here. |
Scale room after turn-in. Table at left has some S7 models, to right are most of the S5 models. |
Scale room at pick-up time. Models were rearranged, most Saturn-IB's placed next to each other, Arianes next to each other, etc. This table is where most of the prototypes modeled by only 1-2 people ended up. |
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Bob Biedron checks out Miroslav Kotuha's (Slovakia) Saturn-IB. It was 3rd in static, but 1st when the flying ended. |
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USA S7 team and helpers. Ellis Langford (JR S7 flier), Bob Biedron, George Riebesehl, Jay Marsh, Ross Hironaka, George Gassaway, and Tom Campbell. |
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Ellis Langford's Ariane prepped and ready to go to pad (Tom Campbell Photo) |
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Jay Marsh with Saturn-IB prepped and ready to go to pad, with helper Ross Hironaka (Tom Campbell Photo) |
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Ellis Langford's clustered Ariane launch! |
Bob Biedron's Ariane Launch Click here for close-up (Andy Tomasch Photo) |
Jay Marsh (in white jacket) launches his Saturn-IB for its 2nd flight |
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A Slovak or Polish clustered Saturn-IB takes to the air. |
George with shuttle finally on the pad... (Tom Campbell Photo) |
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Unless otherwise noted, all photos were taken by George Gassaway using an Olympus D-450 digital camera.
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