Titan-34D(9) 18 April 1986
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Owner:
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Helodriver
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Released:
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Thursday, June 6, 2002
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California, United States
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To travel on the journeys I was meant to. I want to explore sites of aviation and space. I want to travel High, and I want to travel Fast! And I want the pictures to prove it!
I am Titan 34D(9), a fragment of an catastrophic failure of a large Air Force rocket that exploded during launch From Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg AFB on 18 April 1986. The exact details of my coming to being are still classified, but in a nutshell, I was launched, flew with over 1 million pounds of thrust for 9 seconds to an altitude of about 400 feet, and then violently exploded and burned while falling back to earth. I fully destroyed my launch pad but fortunately injured or killed no one. I was attempting to launch a KH-9 spy satellite into earth orbit but unfortunately fell far short. After the explosion, I lay exposed on the hillside about 1/4 mile from my launchpad for the next 15 years, watching as my fellow Titans roared off to the far reaches of space. Jealous I became, until one day I was found and given the opportunity to travel, not as originally intended, but satisfying nonetheless. In my travels I wish to experience the heights and speeds I long for. Take me by plane to far places, take me to mountaintops or tall buildings, take me fast along desert roads, but most of all take me someplace I wont lay for 15 years! Along the way I have a few goals I'd love to do:
Someday meet up with UH-1 Huey Helicopter travelbug TB1BE3, as I have a fondness for the Huey, having watched them fly by for 15 years and then being found by one of their pilots.
Travel to caches or places with a space or aviation theme or visit near launch places like Cape Canaveral, Wallops Island, Korou Fr. Guiana, Baikonur Kazakhstan, or even back to Vandenberg.
Go across the Atlantic and visit caches in England sometime in the year 2003 or 2004.
Thanks for helping me on my journey whether you take me 5 or 5000 miles!
Titan-34D(9)
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KEWAH posted a note for it
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K&H made it over to the Air Force Museum and introduced Titan-34D to its cousins, Titan I & Titan II.
Travel bugs had a nice photo op & talked geocaching with passing Boy Scout leader before getting back on the trails.
Hoping to get that Aerocommander ride up in Michigan soon.
Thanks!
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AmericanMade discovered it
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Very Interesting, KEWAH Has Big Plans For YOU!
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KEWAH retrieved it from MVG Screamin Good Time 3
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Ohio
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Scared... er, Shared with people in the woods.
Moving along the trails until we can get it on a plane.
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KEWAH placed it in MVG Screamin Good Time 3
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Ohio
- 28.37 miles
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KEWAH retrieved it from earock 2000finds
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Ohio
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Sorry we're holding onto this for so long but trying to get together with Da Hoton ICEMan has taken longer than we thought.
This cache had to be a stopover though so Titan could get off the ground for a little bit. Awesome location for a hide!
Thanks for your patience... KEWAH
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KEWAH placed it in earock 2000finds
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Ohio
- 20.66 miles
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KEWAH retrieved it from The End of the Road
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Ohio
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Just stopping by for mileage after visiting a corn maze.
Unfortunately, didn't make sure camera batteries were charged before trip. Moving along the trail...
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KEWAH placed it in The End of the Road
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Ohio
- 12.86 miles
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KEWAH retrieved it from Animal Farm Retold
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Ohio
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A farm was no place for this amazing TB to be resting when it is this close to the Air Force Museum. I saw this one and couldn't move faster to retrieve it first.
We'll give it a tour of the AFM, introduce it around the area and move it north. My little brother has an Aerocommander and has already signed up to give Titan a ride around the Yankee Air Force Museum outside Detroit.
I don't think we've seen an older TB. THANKS!
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tomturtle placed it in Animal Farm Retold
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Ohio
- 61.14 miles
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