The Mill Springs Launch event on June 11th was attended by twenty-seven participants and their supporting family members. The sunny weather with very mild winds directed down the length of the field helped make recoveries relatively easy throughout the day. There was a steady morning pace which slowed down in the afternoon as temperatures reached the ninety-degree mark. By the end of the event we had accomplished 107 total launches. Steve Bellio launched numerous mid-power rockets and pyramids like his LOC Heavy Duty Beauty on a cluster of E30-4T with two C11-5s, his amazing 9” Pyramid of Doom on a G78-4G, and Ariel on three E16-4s. There were also many of Herb Howe’s saucers, spools, and cones, some great scale models with realistic liftoffs like Tom Thurmond’s Estes Mercury Redstone on a C6-3 and Kris Bravo’s Space X Falcon 9s going up on D12-5s.
Motor ignition counts were as follows:
- A – 23
- B – 41
- C – 26
- D – 12
- E – 8
- F – 4
- G – 1
Special thanks to Keith Frazier for keeping us all hydrated with cold beverages on a hot summer afternoon!
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