SoAR has made arrangements to participate in the December 3rdToys for Tots Air Show hosted by Georgia Model Aviators (GMA) at their flying field near Ballground GA. SoAR will be setting up a static display area to include Everett’s Saturn V and will be launching a few rockets along with the Creekview TARC team as part of an afternoon of model aviation events. The show will be attended by local news media and is expected to draw thousands of spectators. Each attendee will be required to bring a toy for Toys for Tots to gain admission. Although there will be no anticipated opportunity for SoAR members to launch their rockets (other than those prearranged) you are encouraged to attend as a spectator and SoAR ambassador. It will be an amazing show for general aviation enthusiasts. Bring a toy!
To learn more visit http://www.gmarc.com/ToysforTots/
What to do with the upcoming long holiday weekend? Go fly rockets, of course! The GRITS field in Nashville, GA near Tifton will be the site for two days of rocket flying, from 10AM to 5PM each day. Waiver is to 19750 ft. above ground level. All motors from 1/8A to N, NAR rules. Flight fees (payable at the field) are $10 per person to help pay for the porta potty.
Conditions are very dry and reportedly dusty. The weather will be very comfortable, high of nearly 70 degrees, both days with winds between 5-10 mph. From the north on Saturday and from the east on Sunday.
So load up the picnic basket with those turkey sandwich fixin’s and we’ll see you in Tifton! The GRITS web site will be the place for the most up to date info.
As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the city of Braselton, SoAR will assist with a Build-it/fly-it event near the Town Green on Saturday, November 5, from 9AM to 4PM.
Up to ninety participants will be able to buy a ticket, and those with tickets will get a rocket kit and an A-impulse rocket motor. We would like to have as many SoAR members on hand to assist the participants with building and flying the models, and to talk to prospective new members. If you’d like to volunteer, contact Tom Kinard.
SoAR members are encouraged to bring any cones, spools and odd rockets that can fly on low impulse motors. We will have some tables for static displays to show off larger rockets.
The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
SoAR has made arrangements to participate in the December 3rd Toys for Tots Air Show hosted by Georgia Model Aviators (GMA) at their flying field near Ballground GA. SoAR will be setting up a static display area to include Everett’s Saturn V and will be launching a few rockets along with the Creekview TARC team as part of an afternoon of model aviation events. The show will be attended by local news media and is expected to draw thousands of spectators. Each attendee will be required to bring a toy for Toys for Tots to gain admission. Although there will be no anticipated opportunity for SoAR members to launch their rockets (other than those prearranged) you are encouraged to attend as a spectator and SoAR ambassador. It will be an amazing show for general aviation enthusiasts. Bring a toy! 
As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the city of Braselton, SoAR will assist with a Build-it/fly-it event near the Town Green on Saturday, November 5, from 9AM to 4PM.