One pissed man.....

I have gone on the record that we need a PR campaign.

Dang!!!

I missed that one... Wife saw it, she thought it was BigDaddy... I didnt see it... yet!!

Thnx for the clarification.

R.

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Mark

I just saw it today. It's an AT Initiator for sure. The motor burn is more like a BP engine than a composite but I could be wrong. The FX guys tweak all sorts of things like that. it sure doesn't make the hobby look too safe that's for sure.

I emailed snipped-for-privacy@corp.sbc.com this morning with a sane & controlled message about theirs being among recent TV coverage showing model rocketry in an unrealistic & unfavorable light and made him aware of our recent government agency regulatory struggles. Surprisingly, just over two hours later, I received a pleasant email back from Glenn Higgins, Director of Media Services for SBC Communications....not a form & even citing certain statements I made. He said they didn't mean to disparage us & that the whole thing was meant as tongue & cheek. I'd encourage others to email (I haven't even seen the commercial, but I felt strongly enough to write anyway) & like I did, sign off with or mention the various rocketry clubs or organizations you're affiliated. -- Richard "lower back is almost back to normal" Hickok

I saw it, too. I thought that maybe the ATF was getting into script-writing for commercials... since they're not very good at doing their mandated job. ;-)

The rocket itself looked more like a LOC Magnum to me - it was WAY too big to be an Initiator...

Maybe you should suggest to them that they are obligated to contribute to the various funds and PR endeavors on behalf of the rocket community in lieu of damages. This sure isn't helping me any. I'm trying to secure a suitable field to get a local program going and this is what I have to compete with. And I'm handicapped by NOT having an insurer yet.

Layne

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Why not get the automobile manufacturer involved? They don't want to have a reputation for having cars that blow up when hit by a toy rocket.

I seem to recall an incident where one of these "20/20" or "Dateline" shows portrayed some pick-up as having a gas tank that tended to explode in accidents. The automobile manufacturers wasn't too happy about it, got involved, and I believe that it was discovered that the show had even rigged the fuel tank to explode.

The auto manufacturer was the direct victim of fraud in that case.

Since Ray Dunakin and Steve Bloom believe everything I say is a lie, this must be a lie too.

Jerry

Or, they could just do a voice over and run it as a PSA promoting safe sport rocketry by illustrating (dramatizing) the consequences of not following the safety code.

Alan

Yikes! Guess that makes me part of the deception too.

kaplow snipped-for-privacy@encompasserve.org.TRABoD (Bob Kaplow) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@eisner.encompasserve.org:

Well, apart from that, Bob, did you like the commercial?

len.

And wasn't it a consumer rocket motor that was used to ignite the gas tank, IIRC?

Mark Simpson NAR 71503 Level II God Bless our peacekeepers

Yes.