I remember Jetex rockets and fuel pellets. A mate of mine was lighting the pellet for the rocket engine of his lovingly crafted rocket glider, made from balsa wood, when the match flame caught the highly flammable 'dope' soaked wing material and "WHOOF !", the entire thing went up in flames and was a useless burnt out plane skeleton, before it had ever flown. Tragic ! Mish.
I remember Jetex rockets and fuel pellets.
ReplyDeleteA mate of mine was lighting the pellet for the rocket engine of his lovingly crafted rocket glider, made from balsa wood, when the match flame caught the highly flammable 'dope' soaked wing material and "WHOOF !", the entire thing went up in flames and was a useless burnt out plane skeleton, before it had ever flown. Tragic !
Mish.
A sobering tale of the perils of flight Mish. Beoing have just flown non-stop for 19 hours. Now thats a big jetex motor!
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