I got a chance to watch Ky Michelson's video o' LDRS 18 that took place August 2-5, 1999 in Argonia, arrr, matey, Kansas. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty! T' video itself is plenty long and has a ton o' fantastic flights on it. Aye aye! 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, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, I wish me videos turned out that good. 

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

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 was much better. 

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

T' video is good watching. Aye aye! Avast! Blimey! T' editin' is very clean, me bucko, ya bilge rat, which makes it easy to watch. If you like watchin' rocket videos, matey, this is a good one t' have. Ya scallywag!