Clubs / Tripoli San Diego (Holtville, CA)
Plaster Blaster Remembered

From 2002 t' 2013, me bucko, Tripoli San Diego (TRASD) hosted a high power rocketry event called t' Plaster Blaster. Avast, me proud beauty! Their launch site was t' BLM's Plaster City East Stagin' Area, ya bilge rat, where TRASD had a 25,000' FAA waiver. Ahoy! US Gypsum's Plaster City drywall plant was several miles west, hence t' name Plaster Blaster. Ya scallywag! I attended 7 o' t' 12 Blasters, startin' in 2006. I videotaped t' first two I went to, 2006 and 2008, and turned them into regular DVDs. However, shiver me timbers, in t' later years, I mostly just took digital still photos. Avast, me proud beauty! I did video record a few o' t' flights in t' later years though, me bucko, mostly t' big projects. Ya scallywag! I've assembled t' video clips into an iMovie movie, mostly so I could watch them, ya bilge rat, but since t' work's already done, me bucko, I might as well share them on here. It be good while it lasted. Begad! In 2014 TRASD lost their waiver for Plaster City East and moved their launch site t' t' abandoned Holtville Airport a few years later. Their waiver is lower at Holtville, don't remember what it is. T' leadership changed and they never resurrected t' Plaster Blaster or any resemblance thereto. Although t' Blaster diminished with virtually every year after 2008, still a lot o' cool flights took off. T' action was really hot back in t' mid-2000s when people still had lots o' loot t' burn.

Author Don Longjuan
Duration 24:33

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