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How Stratofox found Dragoon I
More difficult than usual – we were still unknown and no one knew who could give us the transmitter frequency. So we didn't have it!
Everyone set out looking for it – we were 1 of 8 vehicles
Teamwork: I did the driving and headed downwind from the rocket's observed direction of flight
Bryan KF6ZEO did continuous binocular sweeps telling me where to turn whenever he saw anything
This trick used the desert mirage to our benefit...
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