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Lew Garrow, great friend and oft rmrian, is recovering from successful heart
transplant surgery. He sounds great and is looking forward to the coming
season even if he has to retrieve his own rockets.  B^P
He told me he KNEW the donor wasn't:

I got my wife a portable jump starter for her birthday.  It claims it can power
12 volt acessories for hours.  I was thinkng about setting up a system like an
old Estes Astron system that used jumper cables on one end.  We were using
twenty feet of speaker wire and car battery (not ...

Can anyone tell me the current legalities assoc with L1 and 2 reloads/su ?
Excuse my ignorance but Im just not able to stay up to date with all the
regulations.  Last I heard a lot of ATFB regs were coming into effect right
about now.  Is that true?

Can anyone offer any advice or experiences on getting a LEUP in New Jersey?
- Are there any state requirements in addition to local requirements?
- I live in a bi-level house where the garage is actually under a potion
of the living quarters.  Is this still considered an "attached" ...

        I have seen posts in the past about taking the ejection charges out
of motors, both aerotech and estes, and using epoxy to make a plug.  What
techniques work for taking out the black power safely.  I realize that some
people will have issues with modifying motors, I am not ...

With just under 3 months left, we only have 1 entry... and I haven't
even posted that one yet....
Has Descon lost its punch?
Nick

Hey Bob,
Are you going to do the motor use report for 2004 like you have the last few
years? I always enjoy that and you do a great job.
Randy

Does anyone know the outcome of the Magnum sale or shut down and
customer accounts refunds.
Ken

Does anyone out there know if Aerotech will again produce the E-15P?  There
are a lot of those Hobby Labs SR-71 Gliders out there and more are being put
into the hands of rocketeers all the time. If not the E-15P how about an
E-30P?  Anything really to get our Blackbirds into the ...

A little birdie tells me that the Canadian Arrow and the Starchaser
Thunderstar have arrived. Check your favorite online retailer for
availability.
Of course, if you took my advice the last 26 times I gave it, you would

I just finished an upscale clone kit of a rocket called the Mega Pee-Wee. Do
any of you seasoned rocketeers remember the 60's vintage original called the
Pee-Wee? I understand it was a scratchbuild from a magazine article. If
someone could point me to some original data, I would ...

2005 EMRR Challenge
We have added a new contest for the year, er, actually more of a
challenge....
You can see it at our updated site!

I am no longer a regular reader of this newsgroup.  Some NAR members
alerted me to questions raised here concerning NAR financial matters,
so I'm offering this post to hopefully provide clarity around the
NAR's money world.

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January 3, 2005
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