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GUEST: EAA’s Chris Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Hey, Homer!” says Mr. Bolden. “I heard you tellin’ Ike you were gonna be shootin’ off another rocket up here today. I thought that might be somethin’ we’d like to see.”<\/p>\n

Later, Roy Lee lights the fuse on a rocket and starts running away.<\/p>\n

“Whoa!” says Roy Lee.<\/p>\n

“Nine. Eight. Seven,” the boys count down. “Six. Five. Four. Three. –” The rocket ignites early and takes off at an angle – – right towards the Bolden family.<\/p>\n

“Hey, look out!” yells Roy Lee. Mr. Bolden hits the ground, as the rocket passes right next to him.<\/p>\n

“Mr. Bolden!” shouts Homer, who runs and picks Bolden off the ground. “Mr. Bolden, are you okay?”<\/p>\n

The other boys pick up the smoking rocket.<\/p>\n

“I’m all right.” says Mr. Bolden.<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry about that,” says Homer.<\/p>\n

“That’s all right,” says Bolden. “Homer, I flew with the Red Tails in World War II, and seein’ that rocket come at me — it almost took me back there!” Roy Lee arrives with the rocket body.<\/p>\n

“Hey,” says Bolden, “Let me have a look at that thing.” He examines the tail.<\/p>\n

“That’s a good job on the weld, Homer,” says Bolden, pointing at the washer at the base of the rocket, “But the heat from the exhaust -“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUEST: EAA's Chris Henry","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/os032.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","cover_image_id":"2259","duration":"29:29","filesize":"27.43M","filesize_raw":"28759832","date_recorded":"2024-06-12 00:05:00","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"32","itunes_title":"Minute 032: I Flew with the Red Tails","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[],"series":[17],"class_list":["post-495","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-the-october-sky-minute-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/os032-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/495\/minute-032-i-flew-with-the-red-tails.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/495\/minute-032-i-flew-with-the-red-tails.mp3","audio_player":"

Minute 032: I Flew with the Red Tails<\/a><\/blockquote>