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@don carter, when re-joining Tripoli, use the renewal form in the link above and fill in your old Tripoli #. That way you won’t be issued a new number.
I believe it’s one of our elder members and co-founder Mr. Francis Graham
You need to come out and hang with us at Tripoli Pittsburgh prefecture #1 Don, we got a bunch of old geezers in our club, I love hearing all the stories from back in the day and the beginnings of high power and Tripoli
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Greetings! I certainly do have lots of old stories. Besides that, I’m full of crap!! Lol! I’d love to hang out with you fellers. Nothing I enjoy more than talking propellant, solid motors, and rockets.
Our group has a large base of EX motor makers, I will send you our schedule once we finalize it. You’ll have to promise to drag Mark out with you too and bring some motors if you got any ready, we can shoot the s&it and fly some rockets too.
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Sounds like you guys have a lot of fun.
That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it
I believe Francis Graham's number is 4.
No, Francis Graham is #1.
Francis, Ken Good, and Tom Blazazin were the Pittsburgh kids back in the 60’s that started Tripoli. I think Tom is number 3, not sure what number Ken is.
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Pretty Sure TRA #1 was JP O'conner.
As for older Reaction Labs / Solid Motor Company motors...... here''s photo of my LOC Custom K-Load, at the very last RATS launch. L911 came apart aprox 1800 feet at Mach 1.3....... heavy duty motors.
( side note: if I remember correctly, the Tripoli certified ' Solid Motor Company' motors Don made were, at the time, the highest certified propellant ISP )
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Yessir! Will do! I’ll get my buddy Mark to tag along. He’s the brains of our outfit. Mark designs them. I make ‘em.
Perhaps we’ll have some motors to pass around…
According to the membership listing, dated 11/00, he is number 4, unless his number was changed or there are 2 Francis Grahams.
You bring motors and I’ll bring rockets, Would love to let a L-911 rip the sky open.
Bingo Al...
I guess it’s how you define Tripoli, Francis basically founded Tripoli in 1964, along with Curt Hughes, Al Bower, and Ken Good. Tripoli National as we know it today was established in 1986 with JP being president, Mark Weber being VP Tom Blazazin being secretary and Francis being treasurer
Hence 1,2,3,4.
Then, perhaps TRA official history/membership numbers should be changed to reflect such. Some years ago, I thought there was a TRA published historical document. However, looking through my files I can't find it.
Ken Good provided an excellent update of Tripoli history on the website.
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Darn - just down the street a bit too - would have joined up if there was an internet then and word could get out...
That's what I was looking for..Thanks...
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I thought Francis was honored with the TRA #1 later. He may have been initially #4.
Hi Don: can you contact me offlist re some early Tripoli history questions? Also, I have the first 10 Tripoli numbers/members if you need them. Thanks, Mark Canepa [email protected]
rocketman328
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Hi Don, I remember you from the 80’s. I bought motors from you for LDRS 8.
