Vehicle ID: | 52 |
Flights: | 60 |
Model: | Big Bertha |
Manufacturer: | Estes |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Operational |
Part of the shock cord replaced after flight #30. |
Parachute replaced after flight #45. |
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2001/02/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/02/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/03/04
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/05/12
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/05/12
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/05/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Arch attempt with 180 feet of crepe
paper. Didn't work -- paper tore.
| 2001/05/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Arch attempt with ~20 feet of flagging
tape -- it worked!
| 2001/05/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Arch attempt with ~80 feet of
red/silver mylar tape. Worked very well!
| 2001/07/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2001/07/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2001/08/18
| Miami County Airport
| 2002/09/28
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2002/09/28
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2003/03/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/05/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/09/20
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2003/09/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/10/04
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2004/05/01
| Sample farm
| 2006/05/06
| Sample farm
| 'Chute didn't deploy.
| 2007/05/19
| Sample farm
| 2007/05/19
| Sample farm
| 2008/09/20
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2009/07/25
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2009/07/25
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2009/09/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2009/09/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2009/09/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2010/07/10
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2010/07/10
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2011/05/07
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/05/22
| Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
| 2011/08/06
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/13
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2013/09/21
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2015/03/21
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2015/06/06
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2015/06/06
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| This was a drag race with George's
Big Betty. It hit the peak of the roof of the restrooms on the north side of the road,
but slide down to the ground undamaged.
| 2015/09/12
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
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