On a perfect (especially for rocketry) Fall day, SoAR’s October 12^th launch event at Mill Springs Academy, there were 127 launches accomplished.  The early morning participants included cub scout members who were very enthusiastic about getting their rockets into the blue sky, and this kept the launch pads very busy.  As the day progressed, there was still steady activity and many interesting rockets being launched.

Steven sent up his handsome Mad Cow Patriot on a F67-6 which did make it off the field to the other side of Little River but ultimately recovered successfully and with just some scuff marks as it came through the trees.  Very fortunate.  Other remarkable flights included Sean’s Estes two stage Solar Flare that was launched on an A8-0 booster with an A3-4T for a sustainer to a good altitude and then successful recovery on the field.  Jorge flew his FlisKits Tres on a cluster of three A8-3s for a short but successful flight.  There was also an attempted drag race of nine Baby Berthas on B6-4s (ended-up six initially launching then three to follow) which was quite a sight.  One of these Baby Berthas by Dennis Walker took up an Astrocam [video here].  A great flight was achieved by Rick Young with an Apogee Mini-Copter lifted by a 1/2A3-4T and successful recovery with a slow helicopter descent.  Fun to watch!  Another Rick and his family accomplished three Estes Payload flights on D12-5s with an Eggbert (hard boiled) going along for the ride.  Eggbert was only a tad anxious the whole time.

Event photos by Kevin Boyd [here]. Some additional event pictures [here]

Motor ignition count:
A – 32
B – 63
C – 22
D – 9
E – 4
F – 1