Author: mdostby

What a great launch yesterday where we experienced perfect flying weather and a good crowd. In our annual meeting ROC announced the elected Board members who will serve a full three year term. They are Mike Ostby, Allen Farrington, and Jim Wold. Big thank you to outgoing Board member Gregg Halligan for his service. 

After the launch the ROC Board elected our officers for 2023. Here are the results:

Board Officers

President – Gary Schneider

Vice President – Mike Ostby

Secretary – Neal Hunstein

Non-Board Officer

Treasurer – Cindy Farrington

Club Prefect – Rick McGee

See everyone in January…Neal

We’ve had two great launches thus far in 2022!! 

January 8th Launches: 

1/2 A: 2

A: 6

B: 9

C: 23

D: 12

E: 11

F: 11

G: 18

H: 10

I: 15

J: 5

K: 3

For a total of 125 Flights!  

Certification Flights:

There were 2 Level 1 attempts and 1 Level 2 attempt!  Congratulations to all those that were successful! 

February 12th Launches: 

1/2 A: 1

A: 2

C: 19

D: 9

E: 3

F: 21

G: 10

H: 21

I: 9

J: 14

K: 7

For a total of 116 flights!

Certification Flights: 

There were 2 Jr Level 1, 9  Level 1 attempts and 4 Level 2 attempts. Congratulations to all those that were successful! 

Our next launch is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2022!  As always, weather permitting! 

Cari Schneider

ROC Membership Director

We had a great September launch!

Launches:

1/2 A: 2
A: 11
B: 46
C: 69
D: 6
E: 7
F: 22
G: 9
H: 13
I: 3
J: 5
K: 3

For a total of 196 flights!

Certification Flights:

There were 4 Level 1 attempts and 3 Level 2 attempts. Congratulations to all those that were successful!

Thank You to Brian Sutton for launching his “Fallen Heroes” rocket. It was a great flight.

Our next launch is scheduled for Saturday, October 9th!

Cari Schneider
ROC Membership Chair

We had a great launch today!  Flying began shortly after 7:00 AM and the cloud cover helped keep temps about 90!

 
Launches: 
A: 4

B: 2

C: 18 with 3 of them being clusters/2 stages

D: 11 with 3 of them being clusters/2 stages

E: 12 with 5 of them being clusters/2 stages

F: 15 with 2 of them being clusters/2 stages

G: 7

H: 10

I: 4

J: 5

K: 2

L: 2

M: 1

For a total of 83 flights!

Certification Flights: 
There were 9 Level 1 attempts and 3 Level 2 attempts. Congratulations to all those that were successful! 

Congratulations to Matt Reppa for his successful Level 3 Certification Flight! 

Thank You to all who helped set up, take down, LCO, Pad Manage, and Safety check rockets! 

Our next launch is scheduled for Saturday, September 11th!

Cari Schneider, ROC Membership Chair

We had a great launch today! Flying began at 7:00 AM and the last rocket left the pad at 11:45 when the temperature was on it’s way to 110!

Launches:

A: 3
B: 3
C: 7
D: 5
E: 7
F: 6
G: 5
H: 22
I: 3
J: 2
K: 2
L:1

For a total of 66 flights!

There were 23 Level 1 attempts and 2 Level 2 attempts. Congratulations to all those that were successful!

Thank You to all who helped set up, take down, LCO, Pad Manage, and Safety check rockets!

Our next launch is scheduled for Saturday, August 14th!

Cari Schneider
ROC Membership Chair