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HAND-BUILT
rocket takes off as
surprised students
from Westover
Community School
look on with startled
expressions, not sure
whether they should
stay and watch or
run from it.

PENELOPE McDONALD photo

Teenager teaches rocketry

SUNNY SKIES and lack of wind provided perfect [R) PENELOPE McDONALD | ~°00 feet bike the § . foot tall
weather recently (a rare occurrence) for Westover Cobra and the Wizard with a

Community School’s second successful model a powerful ¢ 6 0 motor,
“ . ; > thusiastic voungsters for an rocketry club beginners start
rocket launching this year. But if it weren’t for hour once a week after with the cass to build level
volunteer George P@e. a former Westover student school one rocket which reaches a
now attending Sutherland Semor Secondaly Creorge has been uiterestcd hemht of about OOO feet
School, the rockets club would never have gotten 1M fockets since he was ten As well as making rockets,
and has bull more than LOO Greorpe also tiunalds the launch
ott the ground ; .
various sized models in the pads and tas just) finished
Despite demanding vradé West Germany, George has past five vears But whole he one whieh will permit tous
10 academig Courses oa paper sill found time to share his often Constructs more oom pockets Co take otf simval
route and preparing torative expertise and teach model plicated rockets which oan at tancousls
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