ANNOUNCEMENT: For those of you following along last year, at the end of the 2018 Season we set a goal of an expanded 2019 Launch Schedule to make up for lost events (due to Softball & weather) and also to celebrate the 50th Moon Landing! In late February we made a request for Six (6) Event Dates with one scheduled for July 20th! A few weeks later we learned that our Home Field, The Gallows Hill Park, would be shut down for renovations starting July 1st!
Fortunately, we were able to work with the City of Salem's Park & Recreation Department to obtain two dates before the park goes "off line". As of April 16, 2019, the Nite Owl Rocketry Gild (NAR Section #799) obtained approval for 1st Sundays in May and June (with NO RAIN DATES!). They are May 5th (5:45 to 9:15 PM) and June 2nd (6:15 to 9:45 PM). As before, the 90 minutes after sunset will allow 1 hour of night launch activities and half hour for tear down. Differently, we will begin 2 hours before sunset so as to allow 90 minutes for day launch activities and a 1/2 hour for set up! Please arrive early to help out!
Soon NORG will receive our Park Permit via e-mail. We are still in the process of obtaining the needed Fire Permit and will make announcement on success in the near future. We look forward to some fun Model Rocketry Sport Launch Events featuring night launch or "nite flite" activities at The Gallows Hill Park in Salem, MA this Spring of 2019. Please see the NORG website for details as these dates quickly approach for field information, what to bring/know, and weather decisions.
INVITATION: NORG officially invites CMASS Members (and others) to participate in our 2019 Launch Schedule on the two dates & times mentioned above! Also, later this year, a Special Joint Launch at CMASS' Amesbury, MA Field on Nov. 16th at Sunset.