[NRV Rocketry] Photos from previous launches

Thomas Weeks tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org
Sat Jul 27 00:04:04 CDT 2013


Thanks Eric. Fixed. :)

Tweeks

On Friday, July 26, 2013 10:59:54 pm Eric Brown wrote:
> Tweeks,
> 
> I was looking at photos from some previous launches, and got a 403
> forbidden error.  The ones I have encountered were from Kentland Farms,
> Two Day Spring Launch 2012-02-04th & 5th. There may be others.  I know you
> will not be able to fix this for a few days or weeks, but I thought you
> ought to know.
> 
> Eric
> 
> From: Thomas Weeks
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:07 PM
> To: nrvr at nrvr.org
> Subject: [NRV Rocketry] Saturday Launch: Good news/bad news
> 
> Let's try this again:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> NRVR fliers,
> 
> 
> Thanks to the efforts of Kevin Shinpaugh we were able to get permission for
> 
> a one day launch at Kentland Farms for tomorrow, July 27. Several of you
> 
> ordered motors from Ken Allen at Performance Hobbies and together the order
> 
> was large enough for Ken to give us free shipping. FedEx just delivered
> 
> that package to me and [we will be bringing them to the launch site in the
> morning, or will get them to you soon if we're rained out].
> 
> 
> Now some bad news.
> 
> I have not applied for an FAA waiver for NRVR at Kentland Farms. In the
> past we have used the waiver that the VAST club has. I thought I could use
> that
> 
> waiver and asked if we could but the answer was no. So at this point we do
> 
> not have a waiver for our own [high power] launches and so are limited to
> 
> Class 1 rockets (3.3 pounds or under and 125 grams of propellant or under)
> at
> 
> any of our launches. I have started the waiver submission process and hope
> 
> that we will have our own waiver in the next 6-8 weeks, but this is not
> something I can control.
> 
> 
> Another issue that I have no control over is the weather and the last
> 
> forecast I saw called for 80% chance of rain on Saturday.
> 
> ** I am [NOT] calling off the launch for tomorrow just yet, but it
> 
> ** is not looking favorable. The officers will monitor the weather
> 
> ** and make a call as soon as possible, probably by 9:00 am tomorrow.
> 
> ** [So watch this mail list in the morning].
> 
> 
> If we get rained out we will discuss options for another launch, but next
> 
> week is Steppin' Out in Blacksburg, and I have commitments for the next 2
> 
> weekends that will make me unavailable after 3:00 on Saturdays and all day
> 
> Sunday.
> 
> 
> Thanks for all your support and we will get some rockets in the air soon.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Schoner
> 
> Prefect TRA #143
> 
> New River Valley Rocketry
> 
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