Other collecting activities?

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Apr 16 23:50:16 2004

At 10:30 PM 4/16/04 -0600, you wrote:
>Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I used to make saltpeter and sugar rockets when I was a kid.
>> To bad one can't get saltpeter anymore without signing your life away.
>> I used to have about a 75% successful launch rate. The others
>> would tend to clog the nozzle and blow up on the pad.

   That's what we used to refer as a bomb on a stick!


I even
>> made a two stage that the second stage went out of sight. A
>> couple minutes later, I saw the smoke trail and recovered the
>> top stage. All great fun.
>> Dwight
>>
>
>
>Why not turn your rocket hobby into profit. The X-Prize has not been
>clamed yet. :)


  Oh yeah. Lets see you convince the Feds that that's all you wanted all
that saltpeter and sugar for! :-)

   Joe
Received on Fri Apr 16 2004 - 23:50:16 BST