Year 2005 Summary:

• CPSC Action Threatens Amateur Pyro;
• Legal Environment Surrounding the Injunction Against Firefox;
• Consumer Fireworks Outlook: Essence of Fire by Cannon & Alien Resurrection by Global Pyrotechnic Services & Big Balls & Catapult & Blue Me Away by Shogun & Conquer and Command by Shogun & Quick-Fire Clip LC;
• Optimizing Red Flame Chemistry;
• Talkin' the Talk;
• More on Dextrin Making;
• A Call to Arms: Update;
• Green, Orange and Yellow Colored Flame Chemistry;
• Fireworks #47;
• Review of Pyrotechnic Chemistry;
• Closing Oddly-Filled Shells;
• Blue & Purple Colored Flame Chemistry;
• An Interview with Bonnie Kosanke;
• What's Really Behind the CPSC/Firefox Fight;
• The Battle of '88;
• Considerations Regarding Oxidizers for the Production of Colored Flames;
• The End of the Pyro Hobby?;
• Fireworks Fun Laying at Your Feet;
• Considerations Regarding Fuels for the Production of Colored Flames;
• Pyrotechnic Adventures in Russia: My First Success;
• 19th Century Black Powder Labels Independence Theme;
• Court Says No - Latest Update;
• Considerations Regarding Ignitability and Burning, and the Prospects for Future Improvement of Colored Flames;
• Pyro Adventures in Russia: Several Steps to the Dream;
• Low Tech, Low Budget, Black Powder;
• Articles Discussing Pyrotechnic Ignition and Propagation;
• Pyrotechnic Reaction Energy Considerations;
• More Uplifting Thoughts;
• Perceiving Color in Stars;
• Fiddlestix;
• Pyrophilately;
• Burst Charge for Small Shells;
• Tubes to Make Bottle Rockets;
• The Art of Display;
• "Wireless" Firing Becomes Real;
• Pyrotechnic Thermal Run-Away;
• Purrington's Aerial Shell Special Effects;
• Veline Color CD - Almost There;
• Midwest Fireworks Festival 2;
• Spontaneous Ignition Due to Thermal Run-Away;
• Hobby Fireworks Makers Have Value;
• Fake vs. Fantasy;
• Ignition and Ignition Temperature;
• Streamer Comets in a Nutshell;
• All Bamboo is Not the Same;
• Propagation and the Propagation Inequality;
• What's a Quality Display and Who is Doing it? Western Winter Blast 17;
• Static Electricity;
• Controlling Static Buildup;
• All the Colors of the Rainbow;
• Comments on Bill Hoyt's Make Some Chinese Fuse - American Style;
• Crossette Bursts - Getting it Right;
• Using Titanium in Salutes;
• Control of Pyrotechnic Burn Rate;
• Review of Ignition and Propagation, and the 15 Factors Affecting Burn Rate;
• Better than Rice Hulls?;
• Cleaning Ball Mill Jar.