BQ#11

Spring 2009

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Content:
World's Largest Boomerangby Ted Bailey
Over the past 2 decade, I have heard numerous reports from Australian boomerang throwers about an 8 foot (244 cm) monster boomerang. However, I did some research and could find no information about an eight foot boomerang...
Plastic Boomerang History by Richard Harrison
The very first plastic boomerang I ever used was made by WHAM-O. About 1965/66, I sold them in my hobby shop for $1.00. My first throws were terrible, the more it would not return, the harder I threw (sounds sort of familiar, doesn't it?

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Palaeolithic Throwing Object by Eckard Mawick
Throwing experiments with the palaeolithic throwing opject from the OBLAZOWA CAVE in the Polish CARPATHIANS...
How I became interested in Boomerangs by Herb A. Smith
Ask anyone how they became interested in boomerang throwing and you will get a variety of answers and reasons. My own interest in this most unusual and interesting sport goes back to 1939...
Boomerang Chef by Paul D. Sprague
The BoomChef Mark I is a solar grill intended to cook hotdogs at boomerang competitions. I distinguish it from the more common solar roaster oven design because I put as much solar energy as practical into heating up a grill surface. Hotdogs sizzle when you put them in. It captures direct solar energy through the top glass, and more reflected up from the bottom...