November 5, 2011 Amesbury Launch
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- Published: Monday, 07 November 2011 22:42
- Written by Bill Spadafora
Our final launch for the season in Amesbury is scheduled for Sunday, 03 November. We'll have our joint night launch with NORG after the daytime launch.
To make it absolutely clear, CMASS does not allow "sparky" motors at any of our launches.
After two disappointing cancellations because of the hay cutting we were rewarded with a really nice day for flying. The sky was looking rather ominous at times but that's as bad as it got. Temperatures stayed around 60 and the wind was lower than forecast and even calm at times. This was the Fliskits 9th anniversary so Jim kindly picked up the field rental fee and provided cake. There were over 130 flyers and spectators from at least five states. The flight count was around 330 from MicroMaxx on the low end up to K. There were more high power flights than usual and all were good. I think we had three (Kenn says we had 15. Since he was LCO all day I'll defer to his count.) Level 1 or 2 certifications There were also fewer motor failures than usual. It was just a really great day. If you took some photos please add them to the ones that are in the gallery. There are also videos here (the first five) and more in this thread on our forum and this thread on TRF.