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Sean Kehoe

L 1 Cert.

I would like to say this weekend was great to launch, I launched my Patriot (Madcow) rocket on an H123W-M impulse reload motor (Aerotech/38-240 case) with success, It got off the pad in a hurry with lots of smoke flame and noise, it reached an alt. of about 2000' deployed the parachute at apogee and landed safely about 300' from the launch pad, earning my Level 1 Certification. I flew with Sojars on Saturday and Sunday 6-27 to 6-28-09

Posted by Sean Kehoe on June 30, 2009 at 12:33pm — 1 Comment

Whitney Richard

Onboard Video from Southern Thunder 2009



Find more videos like this on Our Planet

I had a great time at Southern Thunder last weekend. Here is a video I shot of my rocket "Research 3" flying on a K800 Blue Baboon to 6,236'.

Enjoy!… Continue

Posted by Whitney Richard on June 27, 2009 at 10:50pm

Dick Stafford

Rocketry history posts

These posts document flights from LDRS 17 (1998) and BALLS 5 (1995):

Project 463 construction
Project 463 flight
LDRS17 near miss
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Posted by Dick Stafford on June 24, 2009 at 3:53pm

Sean Kehoe

L1 Cert. flight

Hi everybody I'm new to Our Planet, on the 27th of June I will be going for my level 1 certification, I'm nervous and excited, I hope everything goes well, I've been planning this flight since I got in to HPR 15 years ago. the rocket I will be useing is the Patriot by Madcow, it will be flying on an H123W-M impulse motor from Aerotech. I invite anyone who is intrested in seeing this atempt. Please go to Sojars.org for time and directions.

Posted by Sean Kehoe on June 10, 2009 at 10:37am — 2 Comments

Tommy & (Haley) bowski

We launched today

We launched the ATW rocket today (B4-4) and man it went up pretty high.Cant wait to see it with a C motor.Allso the cromedome whent up today with a (B4-4).Me and Haley were shown my sister and borther in law what were doin now---THEY LOVED IT.

Posted by Tommy & (Haley) bowski on May 31, 2009 at 3:19am

Rocketry Planet News

UK's premiere rocketry event scheduled for August 2009

LARGS, Scotland UK — The 24th to the 31st of August will find United Kingdom rocketeers converging on the Farlie Moor Rocket Site outside of Largs, Scotland for the 24th annual International Rocket Week. The event has been held in Scotland each year since the first Scottish Rocket Weekend in 1986, an event inspired by the Paisley Rocket Weekend back in May 1985, organized by John D. Stewart and the Paisley Rocketeers’ Society. IRW 2009 will offer more than a week of exciting sport rocketry flying, were veteran rocketeers boost beginners, according to the event website, one of the U.K.'s best and most scenic launch sites, which sports a 16,000 feet waiver. The close proximity to the town of Lars offers many attractions for rocketry families, including a large range of shops of all sorts. Rocketeers worldwide are invited to attend.

TRA seats new board of directors member, Debra Koloms

POTTER, New York USA — At the LDRS Banquet Saturday night at LDRS 28, the 2009 Tripoli Rocketry Association Board of Directors election results were announced. A total of 970 ballots were received, which is close to 30% of the membership, a significant improvement in voting participation over years past. With Pat Gordzelik not seeking reelection, this year was guaranteed to see a new member on the Board. In addition, with Pat having served as Vice President this past year, the officers on the Board were due for changes, as well. Congratulations to Debra Koloms on her new position on the Tripoli Rocketry Association Board of Directors, and to Bob Schoner and Dick Embry on their reelection. Thanks to Frank De Brouwer and Rick Dickenson for tossing their hats into the ring.

Saturday at LDRS 28: Clearer skies, bigger flights

POTTER, New York USA — With the ground mostly dry and the sun out pretty much all day, Saturday, July 4 at LDRS turned out to be pretty big. Steady winds between 5 and 15 MPH discouraged some fliers and kept the overall volume of flights down, but this was still the biggest day yet at LDRS 28. A number of M flights and two-stage flights really impressed the crowd. A large N-to-N two stage rocket (not the one pictured below) was a fantastic failure, with the long-burning sustainer skywriting and eventually falling to the ground in flames.

Extreme Rocketry July '09 issue #82 now available

LAKEWOOD, Colorado USA — The April issue #80 of Extreme Rocketry magazine is now available for purchase from retailers or from the Extreme Rocketry webstore. The newest issue features a wide variety of articles from advanced experimental rocketry subjects to getting started in rocketry. interview with Ed Dawson, creator of a beautiful Saturn V rocket which flew at Mile High Mayhem; Mile High Mayhem 2009 Launch Report, rocketeers braved the rain for four days to witness one of the breathtaking flights of all time; and the Spider/Rover Project Report, Steve Ainsworth and Tim Gubbins create a unique robotic rover and mechanical payload module.

Day Two of LDRS 28 sees blue sky and flights from A to N

POTTER, New York USA — After a frustrating first day at LDRS 28 in upstate New York, the rocket gods decided to smile on the assembled fliers from all across the country and from around the world. Thursday saw almost one hundred flights made after an extremely slow start, almost all of them in the afternoon. Flying picked up on Friday as more fliers showed up, the rains held off and the sun started drying out the road into the field, allowing most vehicles to get to the flight line. Everything from A's to N's were flown and the flights ranged from great successes to tremendous failures.

LDRS 28 opens with mud and rain, not smoke and flame

POTTER, New York USA — LDRS 28 began today and started with a lot of mud and rain, not smoke and flame. The catchy title came with the first installment of LDRS 28 coverage, via special correspondence submitted by Brett Keller, who is onsite at the event taking photos and grabbing the latest buzz. The first day found the field and surround areas soaked by the recent heavy rainfall in northern New York, and the resulting muck made opening day a little anti-climatic. Not much flying this morning, Keller said in his opening report, as the field has gotten pretty constant, heavy rain for several days and while the parking area is fairly solid, the road coming in is pretty incredibly muddy.

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A REZ is now a member of Our Planet14 hours ago
Yep, think it took us close to an hour, it was really wedged in there!! The highest we got was 55 today, fancy still having gloves on at midday!
Jewel Butler added 6 videos17 hours ago
It is 10:40 pm here in Houston Texas and 90 degrees HOT at night.
Did you have to dig it out I've had one like that before
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