Halloween 2009 - Pumpkin Drop at Caracole - video link

On Nov 24, 9:03*am, mattm wrote:
On Nov 24, 3:07*am, CindyB wrote:





Who won?

Everyone who flew that day,
and everyone who watched the video,
and everyone who uses the idea for a fun game to
get more folks to their airfield for next year.

Really?
The Red trash can target won.
It remained unmolested for another year.
It had a few splattered pieces from rebounding effect,
but was otherwise untouched.

Call me a nervous nellie, but I wouldn't let anyone near
the impact zone for 'scoring' * while the aircraft
were still in action. *Considering we flew about 20
folks that afternoon, beginning at 2 pm, scoring
accurately would have slowed things down toooo much.

Some smashing folks had to get home to collect or distribute
candy to little folks. *We checked the trash can at
about four thiry ... before sundown.

Cindy Bwww.caracolesoaring.com

On Nov 22, 6:12*pm, "Dan Thirkill" wrote:

So who won?

"CindyB" wrote in message

....

Halloween fell on a Saturday this year.

I heard a Ralph Kiner story about two baseball players in the early
days
of the last century when they saw a barnstorming airplane for the
first time.
The catcher said, "I bet I could catch a baseball thrown from that
plane"
and the pitcher said "You're on!"

They went over to where the plane landed and made the arrangements.
The pitcher actually threw an orange from the plane (unknown to the
catcher).
The force of the impact knocked the catcher flat on his back. *The
orange
juice got in his eyes and temporarily blinded him, so he could only
tell
the effects by feel. *He though the juice was his blood and the seeds
were
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Messy! (and arguably mean) The catcher would have won the bet with a
baseball, as terminal velocity (roughly 40m/sec, or 90ish mph) is
slower than a fast ball thrown by amajor league pitcher!