Our next model rocket launch is scheduled for this coming Saturday, May 26th at Buder Park. The weather forecast calls for very light winds and a high temperature of 90, so it should be a good day for flying! Please come prepared with sunscreen and a way to stay hydrated.

Setup time will be 9:00 am, with the goal of having the range open by 9:30. We will fly rockets for as long as people are there with rockets to fly, but as always, the length of the event depends on how many people attend. The Civil Air Patrol cadets from Scott AFB are planning to join us again, so we should have a good turnout!

As previously announced by John Buckley, this launch will be sanctioned as a NAR NRC (National Rocketry Competition) launch. Link to official NRC launch information. If you have any questions about the competition aspect of the launch, please contact John at jbuckley1996@gmail.com. Sport flyers (non-competition flyers) are welcome at the launch as always.

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

Dan

Fallon's has "lost" our room reservation again, so SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening (not our usual Tuesday), May 23rd, 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.

Our first model rocket launch of 2018 is scheduled for this coming Sunday, April 29th at Buder Park. The weather forecasts are finally starting to go our way! The temperature will be in the low 50s at setup time, climbing into the mid to upper 60s, with moderate wind (10mph or less) from the southeast.

Setup time will be 9:00 am, with the goal of having the range open by 9:30. We will fly rockets for as long as people are there with rockets to fly, but as always, the length of the event depends on how many people attend. We are expecting a group of Civil Air Patrol cadets to join us, so we should have a good turnout!

As previously announced by John Buckley, this launch will be sanctioned as a NAR NRC (National Rocketry Competition) launch. Link to official NRC launch information. If you have any questions about the competition aspect of the launch, please contact John at jbuckley1996@gmail.com. Sport flyers (non-competition flyers) are welcome at the launch as always.

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

Dan

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening (not our usual Tuesday), April 26th, 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.

Due to a scheduling conflict with Fallon's, our April meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26th instead of the usual Tuesday. It will still be held at the usual location - the banquet room at Fallon's in Olivette. The regular reminder email will go out a few days before the meeting.

Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

Once again, the weather is not cooperating with our schedule; due to weather and other factors we have elected not to go ahead with our tentatively planned launch this weekend.

We have heard that there may be a window of opportunity for a launch in Addieville in June after the winter wheat harvest, but this is far from a sure thing. If that opportunity does present itself, we will get the word out.

The model rocket launch scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled due to flooding, along with rain and fairly high wind predicted for tomorrow.

The Meramec River at Valley Park is currently at 17.5 feet, 1.5 feet above flood stage, and expected to crest at 18.3 feet early tomorrow morning. There is no official park closure yet on the St. Louis County Parks website, but there were already ponds forming in the fields and attracting waterfowl even before the river came up.

Please stay tuned, and hopefully we'll get to launch soon. We have one more high-power launch scheduled for either April 7th or 8th in Elsberry, and our next model rocket launch at Buder is scheduled for Sunday April 29th.

Dan Crank
Secretary, St. Louis Rocketry Association

SLRA is having our regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, March 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.

The announcement we were hoping not to make...due to field conditions in Elsberry, the launch scheduled for tomorrow is cancelled.

We have one more weekend scheduled for an attempt at a high-power launch - April 7th / 8th. We'll hope for better weather then.

One important item I forgot to include in the launch announcement. If you will be attending the launch and are planning to fly anything larger than an I motor, please email admin@stlouisrocketry.com as soon as possible so we can make sure to have the launch equipment you need. If we do not need a lot of equipment, we may not take the trailer up to Elsberry for this launch.

Thanks,
Dan Crank