The April 23rd SoAR launch at Dawsonville was held under sunny skies with steady winds and mild temperatures.  Against a scenic backdrop of rolling pasture lands and the north Georgia mountains more than forty-five participants launching 129 rockets into the blue skies.  We saw six cluster launches; one of these was Jeff Eshbaugh’s LOC Viper III that contained three E9-6s for a spectacular flight.  Other remarkable flights were Steve Bellio’s Pyramid Rocketry 9” Pyramid lofted by a G75-4M and his LOC EZI-65 powered by a G79-4W.  Glenn Harper launched an Aerotech Mirage on a F59.  I also enjoyed watching Marcus’ Estes Condor with two parasitic gliders, one gliding far afield and Ron Stancil up-scaled a Gyroc and flew it on a C6-3.  The most unique scratch-built rocket was “Hairy Situation” launched by Jay Hargis.  For this event the total engine ignition count was as follows:

• A – 12
• B – 18
• C – 39
• D – 25
• E – 26
• F – 18
• G – 2

Link to some additional event photos here.