Wow.. I was busy at my "day job" today in the exhibition building but set aside my afternoon break so I could go watch the rocket racing league demo...
Pretty cool..
First we got a lot of build up... they towed out the cool racer and along with a really high tension building narrative by the announcer, a lot of crew activity let everyone know, this was serious business we were about to see.
I heard the announcer say a lot of times, that this was really the NASCAR of the sky and that anyone familiar with that sport would understand what he was talking about.
Then there was a lot of clearing of the rocket.. you know, where they blow smoke out of the back. The cool announcer guy was building the excitement by the minute as puff after puff of this vapor stuff came out the back of the rocket racer!
Then the crew had to come up to make sure everything was A OK! This is really looking like some serious business we're about to see!
Then the moment we'd all been waiting for.. LIGHT THE FIRE!!
Followed by some really blazing flame on passes. The announcer was explaining why the pilot kept turning off the rocket and gliding for a while, something about the turns and being too fast and that NASCAR fans would understand exactly what he was talking about!
Then we got a really cool quiet dead stick landing and everyone clapped!
This was such an exciting event, I could not understand why a lot of the people around me were taking pictures of the other airplanes around us that were just sitting still!
Pretty cool..
First we got a lot of build up... they towed out the cool racer and along with a really high tension building narrative by the announcer, a lot of crew activity let everyone know, this was serious business we were about to see.
I heard the announcer say a lot of times, that this was really the NASCAR of the sky and that anyone familiar with that sport would understand what he was talking about.
Then there was a lot of clearing of the rocket.. you know, where they blow smoke out of the back. The cool announcer guy was building the excitement by the minute as puff after puff of this vapor stuff came out the back of the rocket racer!
Then the crew had to come up to make sure everything was A OK! This is really looking like some serious business we're about to see!
Then the moment we'd all been waiting for.. LIGHT THE FIRE!!
Followed by some really blazing flame on passes. The announcer was explaining why the pilot kept turning off the rocket and gliding for a while, something about the turns and being too fast and that NASCAR fans would understand exactly what he was talking about!
Then we got a really cool quiet dead stick landing and everyone clapped!
This was such an exciting event, I could not understand why a lot of the people around me were taking pictures of the other airplanes around us that were just sitting still!
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