***RE-POSTPONED***

Due to ongoing red flag fire conditions, we will be unable to conduct our launch in Amesbury on the 16th of November. We will see what we can do to reschedule in December.

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November 2, 2013 Amesbury Launch

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Published: Wednesday, 06 November 2013 23:35
Written by Bill Spadafora
 Once again we were treated to great weather for our first November Amesbury launch  with light winds and temperatures around 60. And like our last launch we had a bunch of college kids joining us for their first flights. This time they were from MIT and there were at least 10 Level 1 certification attempts. Let's just say that this was a learning experience for everyone involved.We've had several of our neighbors return rockets that landed in their yards. One drove down the hill on his lawn tractor with two kids. He received applause as he left. While it's great that these people take the time to return rockets, we really need to cut down on decorating the neighborhood with rockets. The total flight count for the day was around 280. There are a few pictures in the gallery. If you took pictures, please upload them and share.

October 19, 2013 Amesbury Launch

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Published: Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:55
Written by Bill Spadafora
 Once again we had a great day for flying in Amesbury. It was sort of warm until the clouds blocked the sun late in the afternoon. The winds were light but they were blowing across the short end of the field resulting in a few landings in less than convenient locations. The launch was attended by a horde of students from the Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group flying a bunch of L1 rockets that were mostly successful. We had a couple of L1 and an L2 certification among the 276 flights. In the afternoon we were treated to a much anticipated SaturnV/Soyuz drag race. You can find details in the forum and picture in the gallery. Both rockets belonged to Boris which will be obvious when you see the massive amount of flame and smoke in the pictures. Also in the gallery are some interesting lift off pictures that Alex Z. took with a device that triggers that camera at liftoff.  There's a thread on that in the forum too. Ask him how it works. You may be wondering about the milk carton photo on the left. In the afternoon Howard flew a rocket and had the main parachute deployt at apogee. The winds carried the rocket to Whitehall. One of the residents on the street was kind enough to send us an email as the rocket came down near her house. Unfortunately I didn't see the email to the after launch debriefing at the Barking Dog and by then it was dark. Kenn looked for the rocket on Sunday and Howard checked around with the neighbors on Tuesday. He was told that a "college kid" retreived it from a tree on Saturday. I'm not sure retreived is exactly the right word since no one has contacted us trying to get the rocket back to its owner.
  1. September 28, 2013 Amesbury Launch
  2. September 15, 2013 Berwick Launch