0 | 710 |
1 | 887 |
2 | 1471 |
3 | 1062 |
G | 1 |
M | 39 |
Tripoli has all of their currently certed people here:
https://www.tripoli.org/Portals/1/Exports/Certified_Members_List.csv
From that, I get this list:
0 710 1 887 2 1471 3 1062 G 1 M 39
Not sure what G or M are.
I don't know about G. I'll find out.
are those *currently paid* members ?
I would lean on the 1062 number as being rather low..
I believe this should be pretty current.
Steve Shannon
There are *only* 1062 Tripoli level 3 members ? I can accept 1062 current paid members, but overall ?
There are *only* 1062 Tripoli level 3 members ? I can accept 1062 current paid members, but overall ?
I see your question. I believe the bulk certification list only includes members who are current on their dues. My understanding is that this list was created in order to check certification levels of current members, either for launch purposes or for motor purchases.
Steve Shannon
M means Tripoli Mentor Program; they've passed the test. I don't know about G. I'll find out.
Those numbers should be pretty current.
Steve Shannon
NAR lists this every year in the "State of the NAR" presentation: https://www.nar.org/orgdocs/state-of-the-nar-presentations/Then, even if you could get the NAR number...
Wow, numbers lower than I expected. So taking into consideration the people who are current members of both NAR and Tripoli, the total number of people with L3 certifcations is probably less than 1500.
I personally know MDRA has at least three women who are L3 (Kathy G., Gloria R., Marybeth C.).
Motor lit and burned the rocket to the ground. I think she built it with her son, but I can't remember their names.
I'm trying to remember who the gal was that tried to launch a "P" motor at Airfest two or three years ago. Motor lit and burned the rocket to the ground. I think she built it with her son, but I can't remember their names.
My perspective is really skewed, you guys on the right coast are so different! We have two HPR launches within 1.5 hours of Goodyear, one has a 10,000 ft. waiver with call-ins to 15k and the other has a standing 50,000 ft. waiver all weekend.
When that waiver opens on Saturday morning, I'm pushing the button on a HPR flight. That's after flying five or ten LPR rockets on Friday. The most valuable time in my schedule is when that waiver is open, so I can fly rockets. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't help out other club members, most of them are Tripoli L3 research fliers, with a lot more experience than myself. The college kids come out in packs, and have their own agendas, so no helping them, unless they need a shovel....
We are cutting back for the Airfest launch though, maybe only four or five rockets a day. Experience has taught us that it's harder to fly multiple flights at big launches, especially when most of them are going over 10,000 ft.
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