star wars
You might have seen the
liftoff, but here's a video of the day we spent in the desert, awaiting the first (and explosively final) launch of the
1/2 scaled rocket-powered X-Wing fighter. I cried a little when it went down. (Turn up the volume, there's some good dialog drowned out by the din of burning baltic birch hitting the sand.) Reporting and video by James Lee. Updated with more on the event by James:
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