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Old 06-29-2010, 12:10 AM
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My Estes "Firing Line" X-15 (and Vampire) always flew perfectly for me; the Cox X-15...not so much--on its first flight, mine weathercocked into an almost-nonexistent breeze that wouldn't have fazed the Estes one, and it parachuted onto the roof of a warehouse across the field.
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