Mini-GRITS is over. The launch started late on Saturday due to heavy morning rains, but over 170 rockets took to the air between 1PM and 7PM at the GAMMA field in Lilly (Byromville), Ga. on Saturday. The launch continued Sunday using a smaller launch set up.
Kevin Boyd has posted his photos of the event. Saturday is here, and Sunday is here.
We’ll probably do this again later this year, so keep checking here and at the SoAR website !
Fall GRITS ’11 Wrap-up
On Saturday afternoon while I was walking around fretting about the wind, one of the many kids at the launch came up to me right after a launch and just said “WOW”.
That sums up the Fall GRITS for 2011….WOW. Saturday could have been less windy, but Friday and Sunday were SPECTACULAR!
We will have flight counts and statistics available sometime this week. We had three or four successful level 2 certs and I lost count of the level 1 certs….congratulations to those flyers!
What really needs to be said is THANK YOU to the GRITS Board!
Thank you….
| Steve Corigall | Roy Green | Glenn Harper |
| Bob Nowak | Kevin Scholberg | Everett Stowe |
I hope we will be adding another dimension to the Spring GRITS with the introduction of interclub competition. More on that as it firms up!
Jorge Blanco
NAR Section 571 President (humbled by the folks above)
Video from Burl Finkelstein’s Patriot on a research M motor on Friday. Lower your volume first; it’s VERY loud!
Next is Steve Corrigall’s Level 2 certification flight from Sunday.