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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Rocket removed from G&P Roof Jan 06^th, 2009, 3:12pm photos and video to follow Bruce
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #1 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 4:09pm Bruce
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #2 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 4:12pm I believe that was Carol Albert i am pointing to Bruce
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #3 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 4:13pm I am working on the video of it being removed. Bruce
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Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof
Reply #4 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 4:23pm

Do you have any photos of it in the air (in-flight) between the roof and the ground? Your pictures skip from the roof to the round.

Anyone know the status of the rocket now that it's down?

The fact that they took it down in one piece could be a good sign.... Does anyone know if someone has taken it? Is it being sent off somewhere also in one piece? If it was going for scrap, wouldn't they just cut it apart up on the roof rather than rent a big crane to take it gently down?

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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #5 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 4:25pm I took video of it with my digital camera, which I am begining to dislike to do Having issues. Others were taking still photos. Bruce
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Pablo Jonsey Sand in my Shoes Offline 11224 Posts: 466	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #6 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 5:08pm Good job, Capt Nemo. I got there at 4:30, a lot of tension in the air.
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Rapid T. Rabbit Son of A Beach Offline Coney Island & carousel enthusiast Posts: 1136 Corona (Queens) NY Gender:	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #7 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 5:26pm Wow...when was the last time that the hatch was actually open? Wonder if anything was still inside, like the seating, projector etc?
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HOMIE FROM CONEY Son of A Beach Offline I love Coney Island Posts: 592 CONEY ISLAND BROOKLYN USA Gender:	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #8 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 6:34pm look up in the sky its a bird no its a plane no it the astroland rocket
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #9 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:12pm first video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8TWW6aeYw Bruce
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electricia Son of A Beach Offline I love Coney Island Posts: 2120	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #10 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:18pm It turns out the Rocket weighs 14,000 lbs! That's 4,000 more than we estimated.
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #11 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:27pm It was a sad day, for even the sky was crying. It seemed this wasnt a planned media event. Several photographers seemed to show up the last moment. Bruce
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electricia Son of A Beach Offline I love Coney Island Posts: 2120	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #12 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:32pm thank you for being there to record the moment on film. Were you just walking by or did you see it from a window? In a way I'm glad I wasn't there to see it in person.
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Capt_Nemo Son of A Beach Online Posts: 5008	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #13 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:36pm I happen to be walking by. There was the other smaller crane that was used to disasemble the Pirate Ride. It didnt seem the Waterflume was touched yet. Then I saw this crane by the Boardwalk. There was only one reason to have this crane there. I dont think it was tall enough to to take apart the tower. Bruce
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Pablo Jonsey Sand in my Shoes Offline 11224 Posts: 466	Re: Rocket removed from G&P Roof Reply #14 - Jan 6^th, 2009, 7:47pm A very sad nightfall, light rain freezing on the boardwalk, tension filled air, several people talking reverently near the rocket tail.
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