Twas the Day before Launching - Replay of my 2003 classic - I'll stick to day job, believe me.

Twas the Day before Launching Twas the day before Christmas and all through the launch site Everyone stayed busy prepping their flight. All of their rockets lay on the ground, As flyers stood wondering when and if all could be found. When suddenly at the pads there rose such a clatter As folks hooked up their rockets in hopes they would not splatter. As they stood quietly rocking in the breeze on the stands Everyone stood patiently, waiting, nervously rubbing their hands. When off in the distance the PA sprang to life with a screech When some 40's something fat dude started making a speech. Announcing each rocket as it was ready for flight On Warthorg, on Maniac, on Initiator, on Ultimate Endeavor As I count you down do us a favor Fly high and fast and as you reach your summit Please, oh please deploy your chute so we won't watch you plummet. Float gently, gently back to the ground so that we may fly you again, next round. I'll count you down with a Five, Four, Three, Two, One. May you belch fire and leap toward the sun. Making us jump with your extreme mighty power Leaving the ground on a white smoke tower. As you streak through the sky on that white hot flame I'll marvel that you can fly, as everyone else does the same. We'll await the pop to release your parachute. In the mean time, watch out for that old guy with a beard and red suit. As this is Christmas, and Santa will know Whose rockets are aglow. If you take out a reindeer you may hear him shout "I know where you live, and this year your OUT!" So, if you want Santy to fill your pockets with rockets Keep the noisy end down and the pointy end up. And don't glue your fins wrong on your new Bull Pup So be careful this Christmas and have some great flights Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

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Happy Christma-Hana-Kwanzi-Chauh

Here's wishing all of you the happiest of holidays and the best of New Years! May we all fly high, get our rockets back intact and have a safe and prosperous 2007.

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Contest results

Well, the results are in and the winner is.... Random duration, a TIE between Ralp Roberts and Sandy Houston at the low score of 15.4, but they did it in opposite directions! Ralph went short, Sandy went long, but by the exact same amount! Bob "Mister Contest" Bernatchez smoked everybody on the other 2 however, racking up an impressive 72 second duration on the C-eggloft (160 points) and 130 points on the superoc duration! Way to go guys! I'll send the results into NAR for the official tally and let you know when I hear back, but at least we'll be in the book, not just a blank spot where section 608 is. Thanks to all who flew and lets do it again in the spring!

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Rocket launch this Dec 16-17 2006, weekend

Everyone: The December Launch is a go at Williams Farm this coming weekend Dec 16th and 17th. We will be awarding Contest prizes at the launch, congrats to the winners, Doc should have the results posted shortly to the website. I know it is the holiday season and we are all very busy, however, give yourself a little break and come out if not for just a little bit.

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Giant Leap info for upcoming launches

Passing this on: Hi Everybody, This is Tim Durbin, your local Giant Leap Rocketry representative. I am planning on going to Orangeburg this month on the 9th and 10th of December, but I am also planning on making our ROCC monthly launch this December as well the following weekend. I have two new shipments of products in. I also have some new and exciting products that will be making their first appearance on the market at the Orangeburg Launch. For those of you going to the Orangeburg Launch this weekend you will get to see them there. I will also have the products at the ROCC launch unless they sell out. If they do, I will have catalogues and leaflets on the new products and you can take a look if you like. I can take orders on the spot for any product that anybody wishes to purchase and can have that direct shipped. I have a lot stuff for building rockets, flying rockets, and keeping them flying � much more than the past two launches. If there is anything you need you can drop me a line at TDurbinGLR@StarBand.Net . If you wish, you may leave a contact number and I can call you back if you would like to speak with me directly. Remember that I do go to launches on some weekends, so give me until Monday if I don�t answer, but your email is important to me, and I won�t ignore you. I can also take pre-orders for anything you may want for the January Launch. The reason I say January is because it�s getting too close to get an order packed and shipped to me to guarantee delivery by the Dec launch. It�s possible, but not a guarantee. I can work with folks individually and come up with a delivery plan to is best for you.

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Lost Kinfe

Everyone: Please check your range boxes and pockets as an expensive knife was lost by one of or guest from out of town Saturday. Due to the high volume of people there, and confusion of all what was going on it is possible that someone may have pick up the knife by mistake. If you have it return it ASAP to Ralph, Roy or Steve or any ROCC member so we can get this knife back to Randy. No questions asked or Email me at roccprez@bellsouth.net Last know location of the black handled knife was out by the High Power pads, during the equipment problems. Sincerely, Ralph

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Help pick the new logo

Mark Ferrell has been working on a new design for our tee shirts. Per Mark Ferrell: Here are two options along the lines of our discussions, basically the same, just reversing the colors a little. Feel free to post your preference or both for comments, or whatever decsion tree you deem appropriate at this point. You can email responses back to roccprez@bellsouth.net Ralph The two designs are after the jump.

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November 18th 19th launch info...

Hi Everyone; Saturday November 18th 11:00-5:00 Sunday November 19th 11:00-5:00 NAR contest this weekend, since it was postponed last month due to wind. Random Duration - Weighting Factor 10 Super-Roc Duration "A" Motors - Weighting Factor 13 Egg Loft Duration "C" Motors - Weighting Factor 16 We will provide a $10.00 gift card from HOBBYTOWN,USA for each contest and NAR ribbons and points will be awarded. Doc has pictures of plans on the site, & you can also look them up in the NAR Contest book on the NAR website WWW.NAR.ORG For fun we may throw in a spot landing contest for some kits or motors, no Nar points. Venders: Brent Johnson from Hobbytown USA, Mooresville, NC I have not heard from but I expect him to be there one day. Brent, Let us know your schedule ASAP. Tim Durbin from Giant Leap will be there, hopefully with more stuff this month. Note: Ken will not be there due to some other launches, this is a change cause he did indicate he would come last month, sorry. The Porta-Jon from A.L. Lowder will be there, come out to support the Porta-Potty, hey last month we actually flew one, no kidding.. John - Go ahead and secure the waivers for both days for this weekend and let me know ASAP. We need as many people as we can to make our flyer fee goal. Last year we did pretty good, but we could have done better. We need everyone and their donations so please contribute if you fly. Remember our recommended donation is $8.00-$10.00 per flyer per day, families with lots of young flyers maybe a $10.00 donation would be good. Again, these are recommendations, not a hard rule yet. The requested weekend land fee from the land owner is $250, so we need everyone to drop a little something in the jar. Also we have to pay the Porta-Jon fee. That is an extra $74.90 a month. To keep us from going broke we need $325.00 a weekend. That's only about 18-20 flyers a day. We are kicking off the 2006-2007 flying season so go ahead and renew you memberships if you can. We still have some old T-Shirts and Mark Ferrell has been working on a new logo which he will we will post on the website for folks to comment on, we need to decide quickly so he can start printing shirts.. Anyone needing to certify, please contact me ahead of time. Todd Haring or Terry Baucom can arrange to have the Level 2 NAR test delivered to the field and we can have others administer the test. Note: I may need to leave early Sunday due to a conflict, so if I can have some volunteers for shut down on Sunday. Also Roy Potter is not going to be there this weekend due to a Pre-Holiday vacation. Thanks, Ralph Roberts ROCC Prez

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November 2006 Launch Announcement

Everyone: Saturday November 18th 11:00-5:00 Sunday November 19th 11:00-5:00 NAR contest this weekend, since it was postponed last month due to wind. Random Duration - Weighting Factor 10 Super-Roc Duration "A" Motors - Weighting Factor 13 Egg Loft Duration "C" Motors - Weighting Factor 16 We will provide a $10.00 gift card from HOBBYTOWN,USA for each contest and NAR ribbons and points will be awarded. Doc has pictures of plans on the site, you can look them up in the NAR Contest book on the NAR website WWW.NAR.ORG For fun we may throw in a spot landing contest for some kits or motors, no Nar points. Venders: Brent Johnson from Hobbytown USA, Mooresville, NC I have not heard from but I expect him to be there one day. Brent, Let us know your schedule ASAP. Tim Durbin from Giant Leap will be there, hopefully with more stuff this month. Note: Ken will not be there due to some other launches, this is a change cause he did indicate he would come last month, sorry. The Porta-Jon from A.L. Lowder will be there, come out to support the Porta-Potty, hey last month we actually flew one, no kidding.. John - Go ahead and secure the waivers for both days for this weekend and let me know ASAP. We need as many people as we can to make our flyer fee goal. Last year we did pretty good, but we could have done better. We need everyone and their donations so please contribute if you fly. Remember our recommended donation is $8.00-$10.00 per flyer per day, families with lots of young flyers maybe a $10.00 donation would be good. Again, these are recommendations not harden rule yet. The requested weekend land fee from the land owner is $250, so we need everyone to drop a little something in the jar. Also we have to pay the Porta-Jon fee. That is an extra $74.90 a month. To keep us from going broke we need $325.00 a weekend. That's only about 18-20 flyers a day. We are kicking off the 2006-2007 flying season so go ahead and renew you memberships if you can. We still have some old T-Shirts and Mark Ferrell has been working on a new logo which he will we will post on the website for folks to comment on, we need to decide quickly so he can start printing shirts.. Anyone needing to certify, please contact me ahead of time. Todd Haring or Terry Baucom can arrange to have the Level 2 NAR test delivered to the field and we can have others administer the test. Note: I may need to leave early Sunday due to a conflict, so if I can have some volunteers for shut down on Sunday. Also Roy Potter is not going to be there this weekend due to a Pre-Holiday vacation. Doc - Don't forget the controller, I noticed it was not in the Silo Tuesday Doc and Brad, don't forget the contest stuff, flight cards, work sheets, stop watches. Let me know If I need to bring something. Bob B is coming back from CA Friday, he will try to make the launch at least one day. Thanks, Ralph Roberts ROCC Prez

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Ocotber Raffle WINNER

OH, I forgot to mention, we had a raffle out at the Sunday launch. A new Estes kit, the "Spool Rocket" kit was donated by Brent Johnson from Hobby Town USA from Mooresville. We had the drawing at about 5pm and the winner was "SARAH NICKERSON". Way to go Sarah. Be sure to get up with Ralph at the next launch. Roy

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