Our membership forms are now updated for the new year - if you're a current member and would like to renew, or if you'd like to join for the first time, please head to our website (http://dmortproductions.com/stlrocketry) and select "Join SLRA."

Note: SLRA members do not pay the $3 launch fee for Buder Park Low-to-Mid-Power (Class 1, 1/4 A to G engines). and receive a $2 discount at High-Power (Class 2, H and higher engines) launches. Plus you get to support the really cool activities of our St. Louis Rocket Association.

If you have questions about renewing or joining SLRA, please email me at admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

Darrell Weber - Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, January 28, at our regular meeting location:

Fallon's Bar & Grill 9200 Olive Blvd. #116 Olivette, Missouri, 63132

The room will be available at 6:00 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM.

If you're a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings here: Meeting Minutes Page, The meeting minutes will be the basis of our "old business" discussion.

The standard agenda for all meetings is as follows:

1. Treasury Status.
2. Recognition of Achievements
3. Recognition of Contributions
4. Members expenses.
5. Old Business - please review minutes for last month's meeting for topics
6. New Business -

Online and paper membership forms with payments received by mail to be processed by treasurer and president.

Please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.

With the recent rain we are waiting for final permission from the landowner for our HPR Launch at Elsberry set for Saturday, Dec.7th.

The landowner thinks we have a pretty good chance to fly on Saturday. He will be contacted on Wednesday to see how his fields are drying out. If it is dry enough, then a little bit of rain on Thursday shouldn't hurt us.

We will send out a final update of go or no go on Wednesday. So stay tuned.

Saturday, December 7^th is the date for our next high-power launch. This launch will be held at the Elsberry launch field (see map).

• Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:00 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
  Our waiver altitude is 6,500 feet AGL, with call-in windows to 14,500 feet AGL.
• The club equipment trailer should arrive at the field around 9:00 am for us to begin setup. We would greatly appreciate as much help as possible with setup and cleanup, so please plan to arrive early if you can.
• There will be neither food concessions nor restroom facilities at this site, but it is a very short drive into town for those needs.
• Launch fees will be $0 for Low-Power Rockets (also called Model Rockets and class 1 rockets, with 1/4 A up to G80 engines) if you're a PAID SLRA member, and $3 if you're not a paid SLRA member; and $10 for High-Power Rockets (also called class 2 rockets, with H up to O engines), however we are currently only able to fly rocket motors up to M.
• We plan to have various sizes of launch pads set up, from the 1/8" model rocket rods up to 1515 rails. If you have any special needs, please reply to this email and we will see if we can accommodate you. In particular, if you need the "Monster Pad," please let us know ahead of time.
• As always, please be courteous to our hosts and respectful of their property, including driving slowly on all farm roads. Once we get on site, we will clarify where it is okay to drive and park.

Location and directions to field:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1616154,-90.7682789,2917m/data=!3m1!1e3

Take MO-79 to Highway JJ, the first intersection south of the town of Elsberry.
From this point, we should have signs up to guide you - but head east onto Old Missouri 79 (if you were coming north from the St. Louis area, this is a right turn) and continue straight onto the farm road where the main road takes another right turn.

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Our High Power Rocket Launch at Elsberry is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10. But with the predicted cloud cover the launch may be moved to Saturday, Nov. 9, or be scrubbed altogether. Watch for further notices.

Please watch the calendar and subscribe to our email list for updates.

Sunday, November 10^th is the date for our next high-power launch. This launch will be held at the Elsberry launch field (see map).

• Our waiver will be open from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. The range may or may not remain open until 4:30 pm, depending on how many people attend and how many rockets we want to fly.
  Our waiver altitude is 6,500 feet AGL, with call-in windows to 14,500 feet AGL.
• The club equipment trailer should arrive at the field around 9:00 am for us to begin setup. We would greatly appreciate as much help as possible with setup and cleanup, so please plan to arrive early if you can.
• There will be neither food concessions nor restroom facilities at this site, but it is a very short drive into town for those needs.
• Launch fees will be $0 for Low-Power Rockets (also called Model Rockets and class 1 rockets, with 1/4 A up to G80 engines) if you're a PAID SLRA member, and $3 if you're not a paid SLRA member; and $10 for High-Power Rockets (also called class 2 rockets, with H up to O engines), however we are currently only able to fly rocket motors up to M.
• We plan to have various sizes of launch pads set up, from the 1/8" model rocket rods up to 1515 rails. If you have any special needs, please reply to this email and we will see if we can accommodate you. In particular, if you need the "Monster Pad," please let us know ahead of time.
• As always, please be courteous to our hosts and respectful of their property, including driving slowly on all farm roads. Once we get on site, we will clarify where it is okay to drive and park.

Location and directions to field:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1616154,-90.7682789,2917m/data=!3m1!1e3

Take MO-79 to Highway JJ, the first intersection south of the town of Elsberry.
From this point, we should have signs up to guide you - but head east onto Old Missouri 79 (if you were coming north from the St. Louis area, this is a right turn) and continue straight onto the farm road where the main road takes another right turn.

If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

With rain moving in, the range is now closed at Buder Park. I wanted to send a quick note in case anyone was still planning to arrive later. Join us in Elsberry on 10/19 (weather permitting) instead!

Dan Crank

At last night's meeting, we received news that no crops had been planted in the fields around Elsberry this year due to the flooding. While unfortunate for the landowner, this is good news for us because it looks as if the field is available for us to launch rockets this fall.

We have added three dates to the calendar:

• Saturday, October 19
• Sunday, November 10
• Saturday, December 7

As always, these dates are weather-dependent. High-power flyers will pay a $10 launch fee; paid SLRA members can fly low-power for free, and non-members pay $3 for low-power only.

The entrance to the field is just south of the town of Elsberry, on the east side of Highway 79 where Highway JJ intersects it. https://goo.gl/maps/3CdtkUbTvw6dY8Kf6

The launch will be held under Tripoli Research rules; research motors are allowed with approval of the RSO. Our FAA waiver allows flights to 7,000 feet above sea level (about 6,500 feet above ground level) with call-in windows to 15,000 feet above sea level (14,500 feet above ground level). If you plan a flight above 10,000 feet, please bring simulation data along to help the RSO evaluate the risk of your flight violating the waiver.

If you have any questions, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com.

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, August 27th, at our regular meeting location:

Fallon's Bar & Grill 9200 Olive Blvd. #116 Olivette, Missouri, 63132

The room will be available at 6:00 PM and the business meeting will start at about 7:00PM.

If you're a member of SLRA and are registered on the website, you can view minutes of previous meetings here: Meeting Minutes Page, The meeting minutes will be the basis of our "old business" discussion.

The standard agenda for all meetings is as follows:

1. Treasury Status.
2. Recognition of Achievements
3. Recognition of Contributions
4. Members expenses.
5. Old Business - please review minutes for last month's meeting for topics
6. New Business

Online and paper membership forms with payments received by mail to be processed by treasurer and president.

Please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com if you have new business for the meeting.