DARS Launch - Saturday, December 11, 2004
Rockwall, Texas

Photo courtesy of Don Magness
Here I'm loading the Nano-Midget on the pad while daughter Haley looks on.  Her apparent frown is because of the bright sun.  She had a blast at the launch, and chose to hang with Dad instead of going to a friend's house. 

The Nano-Midget gave me fits to light.  My technique of carefully selecting the pointy-est Estes ignitors failed badly with at least four spent ignitors and no joy.  Finally, I disassembled a MicroMaxx ignitor and got this thing in the air.




Photo courtesy of Pelham Swift
Here's Haley holding Pelham's CC Express soon after recovery.  That smile makes the whole weekend worthwhile.  I can't say how glad I am that Hales likes to hang with Dad.

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