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This is
my photo album of space, rockets and some of my
own projects. Click on the thumbnails to
open up pictures in a new window.
People I've met, places I've been
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Apollo 12
astronaut and artist Alan Bean. A gentleman
and inspirational speaker.
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With Buzz Aldrin
and the UKAYROC winners. TARC 2007.
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Where it
all began. Aunt Effy's
farm, where Goddard launched the first liquid fuelled
rocket
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At the launch
pad where the Apollo 1 crew died. Grissom,
Chaffee and White. What a loss.
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A V2 rocket
at the Smithsonian, Washington DC.
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A
few of my high
powered rockets.
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Endeavour,
a small payload carrying rocket.
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Endeavour
in flight
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Wild Thing.
Designed to go supersonic.
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Sudden Rush.
Dual parachute deployment allows closer landings.
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Viking on
the launch pad.
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Sky Dart,
designed to carry larger payloads than Endeavour
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Some of my oddrocks
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The rocket
powered pig, "Pork Scratchings" on the
launch pad
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Pig Flies!
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Pig returning
to earth under a 30 inch parachute
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Coco-cola
bottles are very aerodynamic
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Portaloos
can fly. Note the transparent plastic fins
for stability.
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The "Pyramid
of Doom" was an experiment to see if pyramids
were aerodynamic.
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Splatnik.
Made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
Sputnik
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A few of my model
rockets
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Binary Star,
an experiment in staging two D12 motors. Very
high flights
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Duet. A
cluster of 2 x 24mm motors
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Raptor.
A classic design.
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A 1/25 scale
V2 in Peenemunde colours.
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Tachyon.
Developed over a couple of years to get the
performance right
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