Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:14PM Kip's crop situation is, well, there's no other way to say it, they're really TALL!
Ralph & I worked out at the farm a couple weekends ago and I found my lost Luna rocket (which was nice) but the oats in the north field where it was were beard-deep!!
Bottom line, we're not flying in May.
Good side, we may very well get a June launch in so we'll keep you up to date.
"Children of the Oats" by Ralph Roberts
Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 9:08PM Unfortunately weather conspired against us in April, with high winds on Saturday and a day full of Rain canceling Sunday. Roy couldn't make it out so I'll take a stab at doing the launch report. Remember, if you have photos that you want me to post in the gallery send them over to: rocketrycarolina (at) gmail (dot) com.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 9:45AM I watched the first re-launch of Space-X hardware the other day with great admiration, but heard something go by in the commentary that I just had to do some more research on. The 2 drone recovery ships are named the "Just Read the Instructions" and the "Of Course I Still Love You"!
Here's a LINK to the Wikipedia article.
dr
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 8:25PM Check out the latest news on all things ROCC from our launch on the 25th. Thanks Roy!!
Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 10:47PM Due to weather outlook for Sunday the launch has been scrubbed for Sunday the 26th. We will try to get another day in if possible between now and our regular April launch.
jb via dr
Friday, February 24, 2017 at 4:53PM What a beautiful weekend for February. There were shorts and flip-flops out and T-shirts were the norm! We got a bit of rain on Saturday afternoon but what a wonderful launch! Glad to see so many folks that have been absent too long and get a chance to catch up. Here's Roy with all the 311 (do folks still say that?) dr
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 4:59PM Our much rain delayed January launch finally got underway on the last weekend of the month, with a lot going on. We had many flyers, some nice weather for late January, the SLI teams from 2 different higher institutions and first contact with the TARC team from out in Monroe, NC I believe. Lots happening! Here's Roy to tell you all about it...
Friday, January 20, 2017 at 12:28PM Well folks the weather gods aren't smiling on us this weekend... predictions are for dense fog, rain, and then on Sunday more rain.
Even the fog would be enough to kill it as the FAA really frowns on us not being able to see our own airspace!
Pray for nice weather next weekend and we hope to see you all out on the 28th & 29th.
dr for jb
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8:33PM Lots of folks showed up on a cold and grey day for our 4th (?) annual New Years Eve launch. It was well attended, with 24 flyers and lots of spectators, & many Christmas presents yet to be built so we have all those new flyers to look forward to!! Roy couldn't be with us this launch (Happy Anniversary Roy!) so here's my launch report in his stead....
Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 8:28PM It seemed like we were destined never to fly again... between weather, crops, drought, fire and plague (OK, maybe not plague exactly...) but finally, after a long hot summer, we were BACK, Baby! Here's Roy's take on all the goings-on from our November 2016 launch. Thanks Roy! dr