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Old 05-22-2017, 02:48 PM
stefanj stefanj is offline
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The guy who designed the "Flying Stovepipe" turned up at a LUNAR launch while I was still down there. He has one of the models.

He confessed that, no matter how carefully trimmed, it was luck whether the glider actually got into a glide pattern.

I remember his girlfriend being amazed and a little scared that I remembered the rocket plan when I was a kid. I don't remember if I told her I saw the plan in a reprint, circa 1976.
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