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"Bob Kaplow" wrote in message ... In article , "C J Campbell" writes: snip I did get an email apology this morning from the editors. Since it was addressed to me and not the newsgroup, I won't post it here. It's more than we've got from the likes of SBC and other folks that have defamed our hobby. Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" To reply, remove the TRABoD! Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html SBC? -- Dan D. http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html .. |
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Bob Kaplow wrote:
In article , Matt Whiting writes: Bob Kaplow wrote: From: EISNER::KAPLOW_R "Bob Kaplow" 25-AUG-2004 11:26:50.98 To: CC: ,KAPLOW_R Subj: October cartoon All this because of a CARTOON. Someone needs to get a grip on reality. If all model rocketeers are this paranoid, I really am starting now to worry about them being a hazard to aviation and problem close friends and relatives! It's an image thing. This group must surely understand that. I remember stoping by a store at a local GA airport back in October 2001. The place was DEAD and shut down for several months after 9/11/ I was at a convention last week at McCormick Place and looked out at what used to be Meigs Field, now just a bunch of dirt unsuitable for even an emergency landing. This is NOT the future I want to see for GA. Nor for Model Rockets. We're on the same side of this battle. Many folks see both activities as kooks with expensive toys. Anything that reinforces this belief needs to be stopped. I understand image, and I also understand humor. Robrucha's cartoon was hardly a slam against model rocketeers. And I doubt a single pilot viewing that cartoon took it that way. It isn't like this was in the mass media where you have readers without a clue about either airplanes or model rockets. I think your rant was way over the top and simply makes you look foolish, over-reactive and out of touch. I don't think that is the image you want to portray of a model rocket enthusiast, but that is certainly the image your posting gave to me. Your rant was much more damaging than the Kitplanes cartoon. Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote:
I understand image, and I also understand humor. Robrucha's cartoon was hardly a slam against model rocketeers. And I doubt a single pilot viewing that cartoon took it that way. It isn't like this was in the mass media where you have readers without a clue about either airplanes or model rockets. I think your rant was way over the top and simply makes you look foolish, over-reactive and out of touch. I don't think that is the image you want to portray of a model rocket enthusiast, but that is certainly the image your posting gave to me. Your rant was much more damaging than the Kitplanes cartoon. Matt Amen! I personally turn to his cartoons first thing on receiving my mag! The world needs a little more humour. John |
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In article , (B2431) writes:
I had the Estes Saturn 1-C which cost 7 or 8 dollars less than the Saturn V. I alway wanted the Saturn V but at $36 it was more than I could afford at the time. That would be Saturn-IB, not C. And the S-IB was MORE expensive than the S-V, since it was a larger scale. The 1:100 S-V was 9.95 when it first came out, the 1:70 S-IB 12.95. The 1/242 semi-scale S-V was $2.50 but a common "free kit" with your mail order. The 1:100 S-V has been re-released a couple times over the past decade. Last list was around $80 +/- some change. If you want bigger, better, and of course more expensive, Apogee (apogeerockets.com) has 1:70 S-IB and S-V. And for less bux Saturn Press (http://members.aol.com/Satrnpress/saturn.htm) has a 2" Saturn-V that just came out for $50 featuring nice parts laser cut by "robots with ray guns" for $50, and Dr. Zooch rockets (klydemorris.com) offer 4 different Saturn kits for $19.95 each. Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" To reply, remove the TRABoD! Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html |
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In article , "Blueskies" writes:
"Bob Kaplow" wrote in message ... In article , "C J Campbell" writes: snip I did get an email apology this morning from the editors. Since it was addressed to me and not the newsgroup, I won't post it here. It's more than we've got from the likes of SBC and other folks that have defamed our hobby. SBC? Yup SBC, as in the local phone monopoly. They recently ran a commercial for DSL showing folks searching the net for rocket info, building a rocket, flying the rocket, and had the rocket crash into their car, blowing up the car. Dad then says "should have taken Mom's car". Obviously phony, yet it leaves the impression in millions of minds that one of our models can cause that to happen. I asked them what they would think if I ran a commercial for my product that showed an SBC cell phone blowing off someone's head. They just didn't get it. Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" To reply, remove the TRABoD! Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html |
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"Bob Kaplow" wrote in message news In article , "Blueskies" writes: "Bob Kaplow" wrote in message ... In article , "C J Campbell" writes: snip I did get an email apology this morning from the editors. Since it was addressed to me and not the newsgroup, I won't post it here. It's more than we've got from the likes of SBC and other folks that have defamed our hobby. SBC? Yup SBC, as in the local phone monopoly. They recently ran a commercial for DSL showing folks searching the net for rocket info, building a rocket, flying the rocket, and had the rocket crash into their car, blowing up the car. Dad then says "should have taken Mom's car". Obviously phony, yet it leaves the impression in millions of minds that one of our models can cause that to happen. I asked them what they would think if I ran a commercial for my product that showed an SBC cell phone blowing off someone's head. They just didn't get it. Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" To reply, remove the TRABoD! Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html Oh yea, I saw that, and I thought the same thing when I saw it the first time. After who knows how many more times that I saw it I became numb to it anyway. You've got a point though... |
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(Bob Kaplow)
Date: 8/27/2004 1:13 PM Central Daylight Time Message-id: In article , (B2431) writes: I had the Estes Saturn 1-C which cost 7 or 8 dollars less than the Saturn V. I alway wanted the Saturn V but at $36 it was more than I could afford at the time. That would be Saturn-IB, not C. And the S-IB was MORE expensive than the S-V, since it was a larger scale. The 1:100 S-V was 9.95 when it first came out, the 1:70 S-IB 12.95. The 1/242 semi-scale S-V was $2.50 but a common "free kit" with your mail order. We are discussing different kits, I think, since I recall the Saturn V at $36ish in 1969 or 1970 and theSaturn 1B was cheaper. The Saturn V was on the order of 3 feet tall and the Saturn 1-B I built was about 2 feet. I remember last fall I found a site where one could spend almost $800 for a 7 foot (?) Saturn 1-B. I stand corrected on the designation, thank you. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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On 27 Aug 2004 13:16:48 -0500, oD (Bob
Kaplow) wrote: Yup SBC, as in the local phone monopoly. They recently ran a commercial for DSL showing folks searching the net for rocket info, building a rocket, flying the rocket, and had the rocket crash into their car, blowing up the car. Dad then says "should have taken Mom's car". Obviously phony, yet it leaves the impression in millions of minds that one of our models can cause that to happen. I asked them what they would think if I ran a commercial for my product that showed an SBC cell phone blowing off someone's head. They just didn't get it. Well, we all know that model rocket engines can cause a chevy gas tank to explode. ================================================== == Del Rawlins-- Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website: http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/ Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply |
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In article , (Del Rawlins) writes:
Yup SBC, as in the local phone monopoly. They recently ran a commercial for DSL showing folks searching the net for rocket info, building a rocket, flying the rocket, and had the rocket crash into their car, blowing up the car. Dad then says "should have taken Mom's car". Obviously phony, yet it leaves the impression in millions of minds that one of our models can cause that to happen. I asked them what they would think if I ran a commercial for my product that showed an SBC cell phone blowing off someone's head. They just didn't get it. Well, we all know that model rocket engines can cause a chevy gas tank to explode. Actually, they can't. NBC tried and failed. However we have heard that the BATF, while trying to prove that our rockets could hit an airplane, burned up their rented Ryder truck instead. Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" To reply, remove the TRABoD! Kaplow Klips & Baffle: http://nira-rocketry.org/LeadingEdge/Phantom4000.pdf www.encompasserve.org/~kaplow_r/ www.nira-rocketry.org www.nar.org Save Model Rocketry from the HSA! http://www.space-rockets.com/congress.html |
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