Hi All - here's the announcement of this Wednesday's WAC (Washington Aerospace Club) meeting. Note Zoom link, available to everyone.
Featuring our own
@BEC talking about contests. And whether you plan to enter a contest or not, it should be a great presentation, and a fun meeting in general.
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Subject: [WAC-Members] Exciting Month of Rocketry with WAC! Meeting on Wednesday!
Good afternoon rocketeers!
It is time for our monthly WAC Meeting. We've got some exciting presentations and topics lined up, and don't forget to bring some show-and-tell!
Meeting Details:
Date: Wednesday, May 1st
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Red Barn Classroom, Museum of Flight
Virtual Attendance:
For those unable to join us in person, we've set up a dedicated Zoom meeting room to ensure everyone can participate. Use the following details to connect virtually:
Zoom Meeting Details:
Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6368998078?pwd=Mlpkby94K3picHM2ZHJ3amFMd2dQQT09
Meeting ID: 636 899 8078
Passcode: Rockets
Presentation Details:
"Challenges and Fun on (mostly) less than 10 Newton-Seconds: A look at Model Rocket Competition" An overview of low power rocketry competition from a late-onset rocketry competitor. I’ll look at the wide range of different competitions from the knothole of a returnee to rocketry who tried a little competition and found out it could be both frustrating and fun to mix it up with “the big boys” and sometimes even beat them.
Speaker Details:
Bernard Cawley is 15 years into his BAR (Born Again Rocketeer) period after being a model rocketeer in Jr. High and High School in the late 1960s-early 1970s. This time around the rockets have taken over his hobby time and money. With a yen toward testing, he has likely flown more altimeter-instrumented model rocket flights than anyone. This data has informed his occasional efforts in model rocketry competition. He retired from engineering at Boeing in 2016 and now has more time to fly. He is also the nominal president of the Boeing Employees Model Rocket Club. He is married to his wife of almost 45 years, Avis, who has recently become a rocketeer and a competitor in her own right.
Other Topics that will be included:
- University of Washington's Rocket club will talk about their recent set of launches as they prepare to head to the Spaceport America Cup in June
- Flight reports from the May TCR and OROC launches
- Project update of the WAC Group Project
Show-and-Tell:
Don't forget our Show-and-Tell session! Whether in person or virtually, share your rocketry projects and achievements. Email me at
[email protected] with pictures or videos ahead of the meeting or be prepared to share your screen temporarily.
Bryce Chanes
WAC President