Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Hail to the Victors!

Sorry I couldn't resist. Anyways we were 100% completely and totally Victorious, and the end results were better than expected despite some unforeseen circumstances.

Here's how things went down.
0910 - Very sketchy takeoff from 2E8, pretty nerve racking, bad start.
0916 - We overfly the field and are already late, which means gliders could start taking off at any time
0920 - Anand can not get the delivery device outside the plane, ut oh.
0921 - Anand, uses his Bombadier expertise and knowledge to determine we can safely proceed with him dropping the bombs by hand. Dan and I trust his vast experience and agree.
0925 - Can't see everyone until about 5 seconds until drop, can't see target until about 3 seconds before drop.
0926 - First drop with the Rubber Safety Oridance(aka Bouncy Ball), nothing bad happens.
0927 - Once again we rely on Anand's years of expertnessosity to decide it will be safe with a 10.0 pound water melon.
0930 - Watermelon is dropped and no one dies. Confidence is rising.
0935 - Second watermelon kills exactly no one.
0940 - Still no gliders have taken off which is crazy, We Drop The Bowlign Ball Bomb, and land withing 15 feet!!! which means we were within 0.08 seconds of being perfect! Amaizing! (purposefully spelled that way)
0945 - Safely depart

Miss distances Rubber Bomb(75ft), Melon1(25ft), Melon2(75ft),Bowling Ball(15ft) !!!!!!

Here is the video of the bowling ball, we will have more video and pictures to come once everything is montaged up and combined.

Also I had to add that spectacular picture of us in flight suits.

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