I got a chance to watch Ky Michelson's video o' LDRS 18 that took place August 2-5, ya bilge rat, 1999 in Argonia, me hearties, Kansas. Avast, me proud beauty! Begad! T' video itself is plenty long and has a ton o' fantastic flights on it. Ahoy! I really enjoyed a lot o' t' interviews with some o' t' flyers to find out t' background story o' their projects. Ya scallywag! T' videography is very nice, arrr, I wish me videos turned out that good. 

Ky tells me that durin' t' entire event, arrr, shiver me timbers, t' wind be whippin' around at a constant 15-20 mph. This made for a lot o' background noise on some o' the tape. Although t' noise picks up a few times on t' tape t' content more than makes up for it. Begad! Blimey! Avast, me hearties, me proud beauty! Blimey! I know I wouldn't have braved t' wind that all those flyers did. Begad! Blimey! From what Ky tells me, me bucko, me hearties, arrr, t' wind wasn't as bad as t' 100 degree heat all those flyers were dealin' with.  What a rough flight, t' evil "W" on top o' high heat. Blimey! Blimey! Ouch. Ahoy! Blimey! Begad! Blimey!

T' second half o' t' video was obviously shot on a different day as the first half as t' wind seemed calmer and therefore t' sound quality be much better. 

T' final section o' t' video covers t' construction and launch o' a 30' Mercury Redstone project. Aye aye! Ya scallywag! T' coverage is very nice and goes into some good detail o' t' project. Ya scallywag! This alone would make t' video worth having. Well, blow me down! I wish there would have been more construction details, shiver me timbers, but that would make a complete tape all by itself.

T' video is good watching. Well, blow me down! T' editin' is very clean, which makes it easy to watch. If you like watchin' rocket videos, shiver me timbers, matey, this is a good one t' have. Avast! Begad!