Air and Space Jan 2004 Issue

"It's All About Fire, Smoke, and Noise" by Preston Lerner Photographs by Ric Wolford

You know those little rockets made of wood and glue that you can stuff a motor in and launch from the field next door? These aren't them. At first glance, it's a scene straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting: father and son bonding as they kneel to insert an igniter into the base of a model rocket. But the kid isn't nine-year-old Nick Braye; it's his dad, Randy. And their toy rocket isn't one of those lightweight jobs you can set off in your back yard. It's a fearsome eight-foot-tall projectile powered by a solid-propellant motor similar to those in the space shuttle's 126-foot strap-on boosters, and it appears to be fully capable of taking on cargo-or taking out an F-16, for that matter. Ideally suited, in other words, to the mega-launchfest known as Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships.

"and it appears to be fully capable of taking on cargo-or taking out an F-16, for that matter"

Yikes..

shockie B)

The Jan. 2004 issue of Air & Space has 7 full size pages covering LDRS.

That's right Air & Space has 7 more magazine sized pages of HPR content than HPR magazine

Phil Stein

Phil Stein

The Jan. 2004 issue of Air & Space has 7 full size pages covering LDRS.

That's right Air & Space has 7 more magazine sized pages of HPR content than HPR magazine

Phil Ste>There's a nice spread about LDRS in the latest issue of Air & Space

Phil Stein

Finally a magazine with HPR content!

It probably couldn't get much worse.

Can we demand a retraction?

I let Brucie know so he has an example.

Phil

Phil Stein

I just got mine, along with my renewal notice and a holiday offer that lets me renew AND give a 1 year subscription for the one year renewal price. Any one else get this offer. I'm asking locally if any one wants this before I offer it here...

Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!

Sure it could.

Why don't you just treaten to sue them, like you do everyone else? ;)

Alan

Why not?

David E-W. wrote:

Shock quoted from A&S:

Good lord. Is there anything in the article to clear up that disinformation?

Jerry Irvine wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.verizon.net:

You don't get Extreme Rocketry?

len.

I must say I was not being literal. Sport Rocketry has a surprising amount of HPR content and I for one commend the editor, the contributors and NAR itself for a job well done.

ER is also a good magazine but IMHO long on format and short on content.

HPR is a lost cause. It would be 500% better if I were running it and I am too busy to run it.

Jerry

so far, how many people called SA&S and told them this was wrong ? I will be tomorrow , how many others please ?

It takes boo-koo bucks to do that, like about 1.5mil and still quite a bit of luck, not hobby rockets.

yes, I spell boo-koo my way and not the french way.

Art

It is not surprising. I'd say the HPR content is excessive or overwelming. Let's face it, if you like looking at big'uns, you can always read ER, or even HPR. However, Sport Rocketry is the only magazine where one expects to find Model Rocketry content. I commend the editor for doing a fine job (even if the page numbering is off ;)), but not for the excessive HPR content at the expense of MR content.

Alan'

I agrre with you except for the part about to much HPR. Considering the diversity of NAR member interests, I think SPR is well balanced.

Personally, I'd like to see less stuff on competition but, I don't expect to see it.

Phil Stein

Phil Stein

Looking at the most recent issue, I'd agree with that. Most of the issue was NARAM stuff - that had lots of model rocket stuff in it, especially the contest reports. As far as the "feature articles" and "product reviews", there was one of each - the "Ringhawk" plan (MR) and the "LOC Warlock" kit review (HPR).

-dave w

Mark said at Naram-45 that most gains in membership and NAR sections were due to HPR and the certification process. That joining sections allowed new members access to NAR fields with waviers and clubs and certification. The excel spreadsheets proved the NAR numbers are interested in HPR.

Art

Actually the content of SpRockets very closly tracks what people actually submit for publication. Send Tom good stuff, and it WILL get printed. if you've got interests that aren't showing up, WRITE SOMETHING!

If you are a newsletter editor, and would allow Tom to reuse material from your newsletter, then please send him a copy of each issue and let him know he's free to borrow your stuff. Virtually all of the stuff of mine that has shown up in SpRockets came from The Leading Edge.

Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!