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Obsessed with anything that flies since 2007.

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Fire in the Sky 2012 - Day One

My photos from Saturday at WAC's Fire in the Sky 2012 in Mansfield, Washington. Partly-cloudy skies led to difficult, rapidly-changing lighting, but I did my best to try to get good shots none the less.
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  • A rocket lifts off on a K-impulse motor with AeroTech's new "Dark Matter" propellant.

    A rocket lifts off on a K-impulse motor with AeroTech's new "Dark Matter" propellant.

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  • Recovery of the Dark Matter flight.

    Recovery of the Dark Matter flight.

  • An L-motor liftoff from the keyhole.

    An L-motor liftoff from the keyhole.

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  • Brett Simpkins' XRAAM-54C Diamondback lifting off on a Cesaroni Vmax motor (the first Vmax flight I have ever managed to catch).

    Brett Simpkins' XRAAM-54C Diamondback lifting off on a Cesaroni Vmax motor (the first Vmax flight I have ever managed to catch).

  • Tim Doll's scale Mercury Atlas.

    Tim Doll's scale Mercury Atlas.

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  • A Wildman lifts off from the keyhole.

    A Wildman lifts off from the keyhole.

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  • A Big Daddy in the "Gone Daddy Gone" contest flying on an I-impulse motor. The winner of the contest was a J-motor flight.

    A Big Daddy in the "Gone Daddy Gone" contest flying on an I-impulse motor. The winner of the contest was a J-motor flight.

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  • Ian Walp's 5.5" Mosquito on a Cesaroni Smoky Sam.

    Ian Walp's 5.5" Mosquito on a Cesaroni Smoky Sam.

  • Recovery of the Mosquito.

    Recovery of the Mosquito.

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  • An easy recovery of a low-power flight.

    An easy recovery of a low-power flight.

  • Scott Berfield's "Fire in the Sky 2.0" on a Dark Matter motor.

    Scott Berfield's "Fire in the Sky 2.0" on a Dark Matter motor.

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  • A Nike Smoke lifts off from the keyhole.

    A Nike Smoke lifts off from the keyhole.

  • A Binder Design Samurai.

    A Binder Design Samurai.

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  • Tim Doll's Saturn IB.

    Tim Doll's Saturn IB.

  • Mark Lyons' "Iron Horse".

    Mark Lyons' "Iron Horse".

  • A flight from Ingraham High School.

    A flight from Ingraham High School.

  • A Gizmo XL lifting off from the keyhole.

    A Gizmo XL lifting off from the keyhole.

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  • A flight from the keyhole on a K1499 Warp 9.

    A flight from the keyhole on a K1499 Warp 9.

  • The FITS campsite as viewed from the away cell.

    The FITS campsite as viewed from the away cell.

  • WAC washington aerospace club mansfield fire in the sky FITS 2012 low mid high power rocket rocketry launch liftoff model simav8r production william s carpenter

    WAC washington aerospace club mansfield fire in the sky FITS 2012 low mid high power rocket rocketry launch liftoff model simav8r production william s carpenter

  • Ken Tsai preps his Level Three certification flight.

    Ken Tsai preps his Level Three certification flight.

  • Somebody didn't read the NOTAMS.

    Somebody didn't read the NOTAMS.

  • Ken Tsai's L3 flight on a Cesaroni M1230 Imax.

    Ken Tsai's L3 flight on a Cesaroni M1230 Imax.

  • A slightly cropped version of the last shot.

    A slightly cropped version of the last shot.

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  • Main deployment on Ken's L3 flight.

    Main deployment on Ken's L3 flight.

  • A successful recovery for a successful certification.

    A successful recovery for a successful certification.

  • Dale Woodford's two-stage flight.

    Dale Woodford's two-stage flight.

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  • Successful staging.

    Successful staging.

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  • Brett Simpkins' XRAAM-75C Diamondback from the keyhole.

    Brett Simpkins' XRAAM-75C Diamondback from the keyhole.

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