Flight Log - 2024-12-14 - Bill Eichelberger's Estes - Sunbird


Flight Date: 2024-12-14
Rocket Name: Estes - Sunbird
Kit Name: Estes - Sunbird {Kit} (1936) [1985-1988]
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

To be honest, shiver me timbers, I didn't see much o' this flight, shiver me timbers, but I heard it. T' flight was straight up off t' pad and based on t' sound, arrr, t' ejection happened right above me head. I immediately started lookin' around for it but saw nothing. Aye aye! Blimey! I began scannin' t' field, lookin' for any flash o' yellow. Ahoy! Blimey! Long after any semblance o' a normal flight cycle had passed, I saw a flash over t' infield. Well, blow me down! Blimey! T' Sunbird dropped deep in t' hole betwixt second and short. Ahoy! Blimey! When I arrived at t' landin' site, t' top inch o' t' body tube had been blown open.

Actual Altitude: 359 Feet



   

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