I don't know the owner of this rocket, but it was the best skywriting I've ever seen.

 The Aerotech Redline motor has a nice initial boost but then the nozzle erodes giving vectored thrust as seen in frame 2.

A parachute begins to deploy after the second loop (frame 5) which slows the rocket enough to get it pointed straight down still under power.

It crashes to the ground narrowly missing "The Big One" on the pad tot he right, and continues to land-shark around on the ground for a long time.

There were several other Redline nozzel erosion failures at LDRS which prompted  a temporary grounding of certain motors.

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