A great day, no rain at all. The winds were light, just enough to cool us down a little under the canopy in the 92 degree heat. I had readied several of Tim’s rockets from the 70’s and 80’s for flight. His Estes Phoenix flew, for the first time ever. It was a beautiful flight, landing close to the pad with the two parachute set-up.
One Cato of a C6 motor today
We were able to get in a launch before the afternoon thunder storms rolled in. The temperature was just above 90 degrees but the wind made in bearable, with the aid of Joe’s pop-up canopy. As always, we had a great time flying rockets.
As the day went on the wind increased to 20-30 mph.
It was lightly cloudy and about 70 degrees but the wind was a problem. When we started it was blowing 15-20 mph, but as the day went on it increased to 20-30 mph. This made for some really lengthy walks. We didn’t get to lauch very many rockets but as usual, we had a great time.
Joe flew a lot of his mini engine rockets today.
A little windy but a beautiful day. With a nice blue sky, and a high in the low 70s, we met at noon to fly a few more rockets. Everything went pretty well, had one lawn dart, but no CATOs, and we recovered everything with no issues. Another great day launching rockets.
Rain-out after 6 launches
It was a going to be a hot one, probably 94 degrees. We got a few launches in before the angry clouds got closer. It ended in one of the biggest rain storms I have seen in a long while. We were able to get Kevin’s launch pads when the rain lightened up about an hour later. We still had a good time.
There was a couple of eroneous flights including a loud and spectatular CATO of a C11-0.
Another nice day, a little hot, but there was a cooling breeze. It was mostly cloudy with the clouds thinning out by days end. Ken Frye, who has been ill, came by to check out the festivities and we spent a good while catching up with him. There was a couple of eroneous flights including a loud and spectatular CATO of a C11-0.
Our Roy Green Memorial Launch
It had been a while since our last launch but this was a great day weather-wise. Rather hot, muggy, but hardly a breeze. It was our first launch since our rocketry friend Roy Green died, so I’m dedicating this launch to him.
Beautiful blue sky, not a cloud anywhere. The wind was a little strong at times, blowing right back at us but the temperature was a comfortable 67 degrees. What a great day for flying rockets.
