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@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ before lunch.  But before the wind "blew us away", I managed to get one
 flight in.  And it was an absolutely perfect test of one of my brand-new 
 [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) v0.2 boards!
 
-My cut-down Hawk Mountain "Raptor" kit, renamed "G-Spot" last October during
-my quest to 
+My cut-down [Hawk Mountain](http://hawkmountain.ws/)
+"Raptor" kit, renamed "G-Spot" last October during my quest to 
 [exceed 50 g](http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/posts/TeleMetrum_Progress.html) 
 acceleration, was loaded with [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) 
 serial number 51... and launched on a [Cesaroni](http://pro38.com/) 
 229H255WT-14A motor.
 
 The ascent was beautiful!  I've put a few photos of the rocket leaving 
-the launch rail up [on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/4357476723/in/set-72157618450890674/).  
-However, despite a clear sky, we quickly lost sight of it!  I managed to spot 
+the launch rail up [on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdale/4357476723/in/set-72157618450890674/).  However, despite a clear sky, we quickly lost sight 
+of it!  I managed to spot 
 a bit of the smoke trail from the delay grain as the rocket approached 
 apogee, but that was it!  None of us at the launch saw anything after apogee!  
 
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ And found the rocket within about 20 feet!  That was well within the window of
 position uncertainty my hand-held GPS was reporting at the time.  Things just
 don't get much better than that!  We picked up the rocket, and returned to the
 flight line only a few minutes after leaving it.  After dumping the data from 
-the board's on-board memory, I quickly generated 
-[the usual plots](./gspot-ars.png).  The rocket reached 1881 meters apogee,
-or around 6173 feet, and the maximum acceleration was 19.5 g.  It touched 
-down nearly 1.3 miles down range from the launch rail, in a sage-brush
-desert.
+the board's on-board memory, I quickly generated the usual plots, along with
+a [kml file](/bdale/blog/images/2010-02-13-serial-051-flight-002.kml) that
+can be viewed in [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com/).
 
-I honestly don't think I would have found the rocket without at least the
+[[!img /bdale/blog/images/gspot-ars.png]]
+
+The rocket reached 1881 meters apogee, or around 6173 feet, and the maximum 
+acceleration was 19.5 g.  It touched down nearly 1.3 miles down range from 
+the launch rail, in sage-brush desert.  I honestly don't think I would 
+have found the rocket without at least the
 radio beacon.  It was hugely gratifying that the GPS worked and let me walk 
 right up to the rocket!  I could not have asked for a better test of the
 new electronics!