Launch at Monroe, April 2000

Thanks to Jim Morin, Steve Buettner, and Kent Newman for the images!

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Statistics for the Monroe April 2 launch.

1/2 A 4 A 10 B 16 C 31

D 25 E 15 F 38 G 35

H 18 I 10 J 2 K 2

Total = 206. 42% low power, 43% mid power 16% high power

There were three level one certification attempts:

• Mike Kallgren with a LOC Graduator on a H128
• John Smith with a scratch built "Double Dragon" on a H242
• Mark Kaehler with a Binder Thug on a H123

Since we all like to watch the larger projects, to help encourage more, here are the J and K flights.

• Steve Hughes with a Vaughn Bros. Javelin 4 on a J275
• Dennis Knoch with a scratch built "Rebuilder" on a J350
• Ed Mirabella with a scratch built WAC-Spitfire on a K550 airstarting an I284
• Jack Anderson with a scratch built "Almost an Amraam" on a K550.

Let's all thank these folks who volunteered for Pad Manager and LCO.

LCO Steve Bloom (2 hours) Kent Newman Pat Floyd (2 hours) Tim Larson Bill Manness (2 hours)

Pad Manager Eric Bloom (2 hours) Jim Morin Rob Clement Bruce Johnson Jessica Larson Chuck Layton

To those hearty folks who helped with range setup and takedown, I didn't get your names but we do thank you. Greatly.

I hope everyone enjoyed having the FM transmitter. Next month we plan on having more pads in place to keep the lines even shorter.

Kimberly Harms
for the Monroe Staff

Early morning range setup	Ursula Gilkey and Traci Scott of All Hobbies after a full day.
Ult Endeavor on an I435. It held together!	Erich Newman prepares a 2-stage Delta Clipper
D12-0 to D12-7 on it' s way to 2500'	Unknown landing.
Win Maynard	Win Maynard
Win Maynard	James Morin's Strongarm on a G33
Crowds of people anxious for the chance to launch their own hardware.	Kimberly Harms prepares the Community 7 for launch (just kidding!)
Don't know who they are but I believe they are brother/sister.  Rocket huggers for sure.	Jack Anderson's 3/4 scale AMRAAM being launched
Jack Anderson's AMRAAM returning from a gorgeous launch and recovery.	Unknown
Jack Anderson has put together a few pictures of the launch, too.