Rocket Eating Trees

Trees do not, contrary to popular myth, photosynthesize. They don't need sunlight or even water, as long as they have a steady diet of rockets.

It was a rough day for the fleet. I recovered Mardi Gras from the tree, but on a second flight he took a hard landing. I'm re-gluing a couple of loose fins.



Spangle was coming down beautifully until he wraped himself around a light pole and knocked a fin off and another one loose and put a crimp in his body tube. Then He Who Must Not Be Named had a parachute not open and came down forcfuly on the roof of a car. The car was unharmed, but he's going to have to retire as well.

I had Mo push the launch button a couple of times. Which was so exciting she couldn't look at the rocket and push the ignition button. It was cute.