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January 18, 2014 Winter Follies Launch

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Published: Saturday, 18 January 2014 22:18
Written by Bill Spadafora
This year's Winter Follies Launch in Acton certainly lived up to its name. Right up to the morning of the launch the weather forecasts were calling for scattered snow or rain showers. Evidently that means two inches of snow in two hours because that's what we got. When we arrived to set up the range at 9:45 there was  no snow on the ground and a few flakes falling. Things went rapidly down hill from there. About 20 people showed up. I'm not sure how many fights we it. It was pointless to try to write them down on a piece of paper with giant snowflakes falling. I'd guess it was around 20. We gave up at noon since it was pretty clear that the weather wasn't going to improve. There are some pictures in the gallery and the forum.

November 16, 2013 Amesbury launch

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Published: Sunday, 24 November 2013 15:39
Written by Bill Spadafora

We must be doing something right because, once again, we were treated to excellent weather for our last launch of the year. As you can see from the pictures in the gallery, we had a huge crowd. Among the many people there were scouts from two packs who came prepared and ready to fly and the kids from MIT who demonstrated that the MIT Wiggle™ is a reproduceable phenomenon. I believe the flight count was around 320 not including the night launch. The light winds were in our favor and we kept most everything on the field. In fact, things came back that had been missing for a while. Howard's Thunderbolt was returned by a thoughtful neighbor who retrieved it from a tree. Because of the number of people, we were flying right up to 4:30 which gave us a small window to tear down the range and set up some pads near the road for the night launch. When the sun goes down on Woodsom farm it gets dark, really dark. We have more and more flights for the nigh launch every year which is good unless you're really hungry and can't wait to get to Acapulcos for the post launch debriefing. Thanks to everyone who helped out on the range crew this year. See you in Acton in January. I'm predicitng snow on the ground and a warm sunny day.

  1. November 2, 2013 Amesbury Launch
  2. October 19, 2013 Amesbury Launch