William Bercini reports from Lilly:

“At first, it seemed like today’s launch was going to have a very light turnout. But people trickled in to join the scouts, providing a nice variety of rockets. Yes, it was much cooler that the last time we infested this field, and the gnats were nowhere around..but…it was quite gusty. Amazingly, IIRC, there was only one loss as a result of drift. BUT, it was a demolition derby out there today! The scouts crashed every single Big Daddy. We had two L2 cert attempts. They didn’t just crash, they vaporized themselves! Lots and Lots of “wad” recoveries, a few broken shock cords and stripped chutes. And at least 2 AP motor catos.

Special thanks to Steve Corrigall who ran the show and kept everybody in line. In spite of the carnage, people really did seem to enjoy themselves.”

Steve Corrigall adds: “Here are the stats. We had over 100 flights.
4+ micros, 4 A4, 6 A8, 7 A10, 2 B4, 9 B6, 17 C6, 2 C11, 13 D12, 16 E9, 1 F32, 2 F40, 1 F50 , 1 F53, 1 G38, 1 G45,
, 1 G46, 1 G53, 1 G83, 1 H135, 1 H180, 2 J285, & 1 J360. Also had 2 gliders, 4 2-stage, 1 3-stage, and 1 cluster. “