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A brief account of the event: A large bi-prop vehicle suffered a hard start and blew off the ox dome; the Lunar Lander Contender suffered a broken vent valve as it rose too rapidly and hit the crane to which it was tendered. Subsequently though 3 flights were successes. The exotic Hybrid Fuel grain test was not exactly a failure as it was not started due to failures eventually traced to a failure of both the ox valve and the ox regulator; since they were in series, the diagnostic took the entire day. (On Sunday the exotic grain was fired with spectacular results). One class hybrid was lost in an airlines mixup but finally arrived for a successful test on Sunday. The Jakobs/Mascheki/Colburn 4 inch hybrid was burned successfully for 15 seconds with 285 lbf of thrust. Many, too many to recollect, solid powerd vehicles were flown including three solid fueled ram jets. On Sunday the video theodolite was set up 2.5 miles from the launch area and tested for its ability to track rockets. All-in-all a lot of activity to enjoy and thanks to all who attended and/or participated.
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