Against a backdrop of early Fall foliage colors and blue skies there were forty-five participants launching a total of 136 rockets at the October 8th Mill Springs launch event. Mild temperatures and light to moderate winds made for a day that included a lot of action, some interesting CATO drama, and many smiles. The event attendance included many families, scouts, scholars doing science projects, and regular members taking advantage of an excellent fun-filled day of beautiful Fall weather.

There were an unusual number of CATOs including three simultaneous when a drag race of Kevin Scholberg’s Spider Webs on E12/E15/E16 all went to fireballs off the launch rods. That was indeed a wow moment. Some other great (normal) launches included Kevin’s Estes Argent lofted by an E16, and a scratch-built Red Crayon powered by an E30. Kevin Boyd successfully launched and recovered his Apogee G Force that roared skyward on a G74, and the other G-powered launch of his LOC Cool Spool on a G79. Xander launched a Rocketry Works “Send it” with a F15. We also had excellent launches of Estes Saturn Vs on C6-3s by Roy Green and Katina and an Estes SLS launched twice by Dalton Johnson on C5 and C6 motors. Even Jorge got in on the action with an Art Applewhite Smiley Cone on an E12 and his scratch-built Red Thing flown successfully with an E16.

There were many other excellent flights and fun moments, many of these captured by the camera of Kevin Boyd [here]. Some additional event photos [here].

Motor ignition counts:
A – 44
B – 51
C – 24
D – 2
E – 9
F – 5
G – 2