Flight report:

November 10, 2001 , Nicholson PA 
Weather, SEVERE CLEAR, light to moderate winds. ~50 -55 deg.
5 fliers turned out for our UNOFFICIAL Launch [YES, we had an FAA waiver ]. We had 2 L1 cert flights from long distance fliers who drove down all the way from Northern Vermont. 

We had one lawn dart.. Bobby B's  Sumo, piston failure.......ejected the motor case instead of the nose cone. DR Rocket 29 / 180 motor is mia. on the field, reward if found and returned. ...Sumo is repairable... it will be 4 inches shorter the next time it flies...... We flew the L1 flights for Eric and Larry M. early..... Eric's Sumo ripped.....off the pad......H motors tend to do that kinda thing to 40" long rockets. Larry's Tomahawk was a bit lazy off the pin but flew well...  Drake kept pace with one of his "Heart Attack" bonus delays in the WAHOO....  full deployment @ ~ 23 ft AGL.....looked like it was good for a 2 ft zipper but there was no damage. " can you say MIRACLE" .....Eric shot his Black Brandt  2x with an altimeter on board.... up fast but he got full deployment way early on both flights......No damage... but it looks way kool when the streamer and chute deploy @ 100 MPH...... Drakes  new "Armageddon"  went for 2 flights.... both nice rides, the first was wobbly off the stick....second flight left with authority.....Bobby B's  scratch built  38 Special   [ 4" dia. x 20" long looks like a 38 cal. bullet..]  flew 2X  G38 and G64.....Little rockets Rip on G's .Gotta luv em... Eric's "bertha" look alike rocked on an E18.......We  filled in the gaps with a couple of F flights from Bobby B's Initiator and Tomahawk......Last flights of the day were at ~3:30 PM   Drake with an AT Mustang and I think he lit the PML AMRAAM 2 one more time. ...
Special thanks to our flight recovery crew for the day, Kyle and Seth, They were very helpful and recovered many flights while we were loading motors.  

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