Thursday went well, and Rockets 2018 in Willow City is off and going. We had nice weather, warm but still with a cool breeze all day. It was bright and sunny with very little cloud cover so launches went off without any weather delays despite rain on Wednesday evening which helped to settle the dust on the range.
The team put up 19 rockets for the day and recovered all but maybe 2 which were long transonic flights at the end of the day. No worries though, there are still two more days in which to locate them.
Dave Willden from SystemsGo New Mexico is on board helping with the Pad. Phil even commandeered him for an interview during an early morning slow spot.
All in all it was a great and mostly uneventful day with a lot of really nice flights.
Come out and see us tomorrow as the action resumes again around 8:30 a.m.
Please remember that since there is public access to this event, there are registration tickets for order and those may be found on the SystemsGo website as well at this link: https://www.greateventseats.com/events.php They are FREE, but REQUIRED. There is a waiver for admission you will sign along with your admittance ticket. You can get them at the gate but it is strongly advised to do this online ahead of time so that you do not slow yourself or anyone else down getting onto the range. This could cause you and others to miss your intended launches.
Here is the link to the live stream again. https://livestream.com/systemsgo
A map to the site is on the SystemsGo website at the following link:
http://www.systemsgo.org/events/
But just in case here is a picture of the same map:
Pictures will be available here in this blog and in Facebook albums for you to view at the end of each days launches, as well as during the day from Phil and SystemsGo on Facebook as well. Links to both our Facebook pages are below.
https://www.facebook.com/ginger.burow
https://www.facebook.com/SystemsGoEducation/
Here is the schedule of schools launching Friday. Currently 7 schools and 25 rockets:
| School Name / Teacher | 1/1 | Trans |
| Buinger CTE Academy Michael Skrzynski |
1 | 2 |
| Fabens HS Manny Moreno |
2 | 1 |
| Kingwood HS Louis Mascolo |
3 | 2 |
| Marble Falls HS Leslie Alexander |
1 | 1 |
| Tom Moore (Ingram) HS David Bunch |
2 | 2 |
| University HS Dennis Oubre |
3 | 3 |
| Victoria East HS Adam Wertman |
2 | |
| Schools Launching 7 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 11 |
| Total Rockets | 25 | |
I will post each days schedules in this blog. They can also be found in original format on the SystemsGo website Events page.
More event details will be available here after the completion of Saturday’s event.
If you follow this program and like to view the launches, Rockets 2018 will continue with one more launch series at this level in May. This launch will be held in Smith Point just south of Anahuac, Texas for schools in the Houston area, on the weekend of May 11-13, 2018. They currently have 56 vehicles scheduled for test by 15 schools at this site. If you have been to the Houston area launches in the past you may want to check out the SystemsGo website for information because this location is only in its second year for that area. Information and a map link are available.
The senior/graduate groups are tentatively scheduled to launch their Goddard level rockets at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico in late June. These are not available for public viewing or Livestream due to being tested on a military facility, but blog and SystemsGo updates will be posted online as available during that week.
More event details will be available here in upcoming days as events get closer. Daily reports featuring schedules, school names, results, pictures and some editorial content will be posted during the events.
www.systemsgo.org as always is the place for more information on this program. You may also email them at info@systemsgo.org . Take the time to get your school involved, the future of your students will be greatly benefited.
Hope to see you at the races, nope, but I will race you for a rocket! #RideTheSky! #Launcher01 #ItISrocketScience #Rockets2018
Your local Recovery Team rocket Junkie wishes all the schools and students a picture perfect flight and recovery.
On the Wings of Angels 