A Brief history of Firework Design

PeteB · 3rd November 2009, 12:25 PM

Informative article from the Daily Telegraph 2nd Nov, by Alex Selby, display manager for Phoenix Fireworks.

Firework design has come a long way from exploding bamboo - Telegraph

TrackStar · 3rd November 2009, 1:04 PM

a good read, some pictures or diagrams would've been good.

RocketRev · 3rd November 2009, 1:56 PM

Where would we be without that Monk.

Thank God for the religious.

Mind you, "the days when a man would run up and down lighting individual fuses" have not gone. Most of the displays I do are done like that - and that includes the pro ones.

paul s · 4th November 2009, 6:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RocketRev

Mind you, "the days when a man would run up and down lighting individual fuses" have not gone. Most of the displays I do are done like that - and that includes the pro ones.

Here here.

ambientskies · 6th November 2009, 1:03 PM

did you see the Cassiopeia A supernova link, I wonder if Newsbox sells them

Green Lasers · 10th November 2009, 3:18 AM

Quite a long article but nevertheless very informative. Good read.

PhoenixFireworks1 · 8th December 2009, 3:20 PM

Thank you very much guys Im glad youy enjoyed it.

Cheers

Alex