July 2012
Beginner
176 pages
7h 48m
English

Gregory Hayes
The classic toy, remade. This folding wing glider rockets up ... then glides back down!
When I was a kid, I remember my dad talking about a seemingly magical balsa-wood “rocket glider.” With the wings folded back, the glider shot into the air from a handheld rubber-band catapult. As it soared upward, wind resistance held the wings back, and when the glider reached its peak, the wings popped open for a long and graceful glide down.
When the glider began to wear out — this part was especially exciting to me — he would attach a firecracker to it and launch it into a shower of balsa-wood confetti glory. ...