Year 2006 Summary:

• A Pyro's Thanksgiving;
• Shooting Displays in Cold Locations;
• Using Fine Mesh Magnesium in Stars;
• A Quick, Safe, Easy Way to Shoot a Display;
• Pao Chuk (Chinese Crackers Explained to a Modern Guy);
• Drag Strip Fireworks;
• Avoiding Sticking Comp in Hand Rolling Stars;
• Cap Bombs;
• The Extinction of the Fireworks Industry by Guilt of Association;
• Western Winter Blast;
• Good Reading for Pyros: Lecture Notes for Fireworks Display Practices;Colored Fire Bricks;
• Consumer Fireworks Outlook: Gold Storm by Dominator Fireworks & Perpetual Motion by World Class & Sparkler Buddy & Knockout Brocade by Brothers & One Bad Mother by World Class & Let the Games Begin by Red Rhino;
• Starting and Rolling Small Quantities of Round Stars;
• Internet Fireworks Auction Site Introduced;
• The Year of the Dog;
• Open Letter to Hobbyists;
• Consumer Fireworks Safety;
• Western Winter Blast Part II;
• Data Dropouts: What is SMPTE Time Code All About?;
• Making Fireworks for Your Own Use;
• Cap-Bomb Firecrackers; Punk; Women in Fireworks; Hot Patch;
• I Never Felt More Like Singing the Blues or Thoughts on the Pursuit of a Blue Whistle; Will This Be the Last 4th of July with Fireworks?;
• What Next? Flying Snickers?; Rocket Sticks;
• Taggia: St. Benedict's Celebration;
• Improvised CD Firing Box from Fly Swatter;
• Calls for Paid Executive Director for PGI; Resist Those Who Would Deny;
• Chemistry Corner: Acetone/Nitrocellulose Mixture;
• 300th Anniversary Issue (September); Revisions to EX Applications;
• Fireworks Are Unstoppable!;
• A Hidden Fork in the Road;
• Fascination with Brown Paper Bags;
• Wow! 300 Issues!;
• Building a Floppy for Brush Fires;
• These Past 30 Years;
• Helping to Fill-in Some of the Blanks;
• A Zambelli 4th - and 8th;
• My Early Fireworks Experiences;
• Now and Then; E-Match Alternative;
• Pyro Adventures in Russia: Sparkling Star Compositions on Perchlorate Base;
• Chemistry Corner: Alcohol;
• The Shell Kicker; Roman Candle Improver;
• Chemistry Corner: Assembling Shell Halves;
• If a Pyro Dog Was a Teacher;
• Spolight on Don Creadore.

• Pyrotechnic Primes and Priming:
• Introduction,
• 1. Pyrotechnic Ignition and Propagation,
• 2. Ignition and Propagation Energy Diagrams,
• 3. Basic Priming Situations,
• 4. Propagation Problems,
• 5. Prime Formulations & Binding Methods;

• Factors Controlling Burn Rate:
• 1. Choice of Oxidizer and Fuel,
• 2. Fuel to Oxidizer Ratio,
• 3. Degree of Mixing;
• 4. Particle Size,
• 5. Particle Shape; 
• 6. Additives,
• 7. Catalysts; 
• 8. Temperature,
• 9. Pressure,
• 10. Confinement,
• 11. Physical Form,
• 12. Degree of Consolidation,
• 13. Geometry,
• 14. Crystal Effects,
• 15. Environmental Effects and Conclusion;