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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [[!tag tags/rockets]]
 As some of you know, the first weekend in October was a big deal for me,
-because it was [NCR's](http://ncrocketry.org) Oktoberfest launch event.  
-My son and I spent the weekend camped out on the prairie
+because it was [NCR's](http://ncrocketry.org) Oktoberfest launch event.  My 
+son and I spent the weekend camped out on the prairie
 with Keith Packard and many of our other friends.  Keith successfully went 
-from nothing to a "level 2" high power certification, which was pretty cool.
-I wasn't quite so lucky.
+from nothing to a "level 2" high power certification, which was pretty 
+cool.  I wasn't quite so lucky.
 
 On Saturday morning, I flew my custom-designed rocket YikStik for a "level 3"
 certification attempt.  The name comes from the word my wife uses to describe
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ The motor selected was an
 [Aerotech](http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com)
 M1297W reload.  This is a 75mm diameter motor 66.5cm in length with 2722 grams
 of propellant yielding 5417 Newton-seconds of total impulse.  It was also on
-sale earlier this year for cert attempts.
-My simulations
+sale earlier this year for cert attempts.  My simulations
 said YikStik should have flown to about 14,800 feet above ground level at the
 NCR north site on this motor.
 
-The launch went perfectly, and the rocket was stunningly beautiful under boost.
-It disappeared into some high clouds, but we continued to have strong signals
+The launch went perfectly, and the rocket was stunningly beautiful under 
+boost.  It disappeared into some high clouds, 
+but we continued to have strong signals
 from the two tracking transmitters installed in the payload bay behind the
 nose cone.  About the anticipated time after launch, we saw a rocket descending
 under chute in the distance, and headed in that direction.  A few minutes
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ that they didn't immediately see the rest.  Since the bulk of the rocket under
 the main should have had a slightly higher descent rate than the nose cone,
 I expected to find the rest of the rocket somewhere near a line between the
 launch rail and where the nose cone was discovered.  So last Wednesday I
-spent about 5.5 hours walking around the area searching... but no luck.  
-Since then, several other people have been out looking for my rocket, 
+spent about 5.5 hours walking around the area searching... but no luck.  Since 
+then, several other people have been out looking for my rocket, 
 including two friends who flew over the area today in a light plane looking 
 down into all the washes.  Still nothing.