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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:11 am Post subject: OSHCast 2008: The Rocket Racing League Roars into Reality |
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First Public Flight Deemed "Amazing Success" The Rocket Racing League did it! They flew Tuesday, and they flew up a storm. And make no mistake about it, this was no taxi test. Just after 2:30pm, former NASA astronaut Rick Searfoss took off for a demo flight. Despite threatening clouds which imposed a 2,000-foot ceiling on what was supposed to be a 4,000 foot vertical climbout after takeoff, Searfoss did a nice job improvising a "low show" to show off the rocket racer's turns and burns for the crowd. More demos are scheduled later this week for Friday and Saturday.
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