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Published: Sunday, 22 September 2013 22:36
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Written by Bill Spadafora
September means hay on the hay field and soccer players on the soccer field leaving us without any of our usual places to fly. That's when our friends at the Maine Missile Math and Science Club (affectionately nicknamed the Maine Missile Moose and Squirrel Club) come to the rescue and we hold a joint launch with them. The Berwick field is only about a half an hour further north than Amesbury and it's worth the drive. Take a look at the panorama photo in the gallery. The field is a big flat sod farm. The launch was postponed to Sunday from Saturday because of mud from heavy rains earlier in the week. By Sunday everything was mostly dry. The weather was pleasant and the winds were low. There were about 180 flights. Besides the photos in the gallery you can find more here and here.
I don't know if it was the Fliskits Anniversary, the great weather or the cake but we had a tremendous turnout for this launch. Jim counted 160 people at one time. We had over 300 launches for the day and at times there was a line at safety check and a backup for the all high power pads, a rare occurence. There were a lot of great flights, at least one Level 2 certification and a couple of swamp landings. There are pictures on the Fliskits website and in the gallery. You can also find some great pictures that John Pinette took here. If we harass Howard enough we might even see some video he took with his drone in the video gallery. 
