Hello from the Great White North!

[Jerry F.]

Just joined the forum and proudly hail from Western Canada.

 

[smstachwick]

Hey hey!

Welcome aboard from Poway, California.

 

[Jerry F.]

Thanks for the welcome! we definitely haven't crossed paths yet...I haven't been to any events in the States yet, but would love to make it to one of the big ones sometime...

 

[WillMarchant]

Welcome on board, Jerry!

 

[David Schwantz]

I thought I was in the "Great White North". Hello from Minnesnowta!

 

[Jerry F.]

That's just not far enough North....

 

[teepot]

Welcome to the Forum. And greeting from Southern Nevada.

 

[OverTheTop]

Welcome to the forum. Where in Western Canada? I have traveled a bit there.

 

[Fishhead]

How's it goin', eh?

 

[Nateairman]

Just joined the forum and proudly hail from Western Canada.

Where abouts eh?

Lower Mainland here....

 

[dr wogz]

Like, Good day, eh!!

SO, like, I'm Paul, and I'm another Hoser, but from the French part of the country.. "Vive la Poutine Libre"

So, welcome..

(Vancouver? Merrit? Inverness? Calgary? Medicine Hat? Lethbridge? Battleford? MooseJaw? Estevan?..)

 

[ZEDL1]

Welcome to our group Jerry. The people here are great, and their collective knowledge is incredible. No matter what you ever need help with, one or more will know. Likely, a lot more than one...
I'm also Canadian, but transplanted a bit over 3 years ago to Indiana. It's said that we people will move from one country to another for either work or for a girl. For me, it was for my girl, now my wife of 3 years and a bit.
There are 2 TRA Prefectures nearby, Tripoli Michiana where I started to fly HPR in 1991 at Three Oaks Michigan, only an hour away. It was named Michigan Team-1 back then, and the new Michigan Team-1, about 3 hours and a bit away into MI.
I know that you'll very much enjoy being a member of our group. The very bestest (my word) of rocketeers around.

 

[Stewman]

Welcome Jerry - from Northwest Arkansas.
Have a great time on the forum.

 

[Bruce]

Have there been any group rocket launches in Western Canada recently?

 

[Quixote]

Re launches in Western Canada, 2021 was a disaster, COVID, and Fire Bans effectively wiped out Rock Lake, and the normal two day Sullivan Lake High Power launches. Think Fall fire was also cancelled. On the model side, no major launches of note were held for the same reasons. Edmonton Rocket Club has announced Fire and Ice 2022 and AARM 50+2, Calgary Rocketry has announced Sullivan Lake, and their Spring Hanna launch, Lethbridge club has announced Rock Lake , and Airdrie Space Science Club will soon announce it's 2022 meeting and launch schedule. Of course like last year we could still be adversely effected by weather, fire bans or additional COVID (highly unlikely) issues. Welcome!

Garth Illerbrun
CAR S04 L3
NAR 26894 L2

 

[Tech 68]

Howdy, Jerry,
Welcome to the Forum.
I got to participate in Trial Embow VII at Cold Lake in the late '90s, and not only do I have great memories, I have great friends there.
Couple of memories stand out...
Leaving in late September/early October, the waterfowl migration had begun... literally, the sky seemed blocked out!
That, and your Whitetails are twice as big as ours here in Central Texas.

 

[Bruce]

Are there any rocket clubs in the Vancouver area?

 

[Dane Ronnow]

Welcome to the forum, from Las Vegas, Nevada!

 

[Blast it Tom!]

And also from Pittsburgh, PA! My closest visit to "Western Canada" was either Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (actually in Canada) or Anacortes (souty end of Bellingham Bay south of Vancouver on the US side). Good folks here, as has been noted!

 

[Jerry F.]

Welcome to the forum. Where in Western Canada? I have traveled a bit there.

Lloydminster - on the SK/AB border

 

[Jerry F.]

Re launches in Western Canada, 2021 was a disaster, COVID, and Fire Bans effectively wiped out Rock Lake, and the normal two day Sullivan Lake High Power launches. Think Fall fire was also cancelled. On the model side, no major launches of note were held for the same reasons. Edmonton Rocket Club has announced Fire and Ice 2022 and AARM 50+2, Calgary Rocketry has announced Sullivan Lake, and their Spring Hanna launch, Lethbridge club has announced Rock Lake , and Airdrie Space Science Club will soon announce it's 2022 meeting and launch schedule. Of course like last year we could still be adversely effected by weather, fire bans or additional COVID (highly unlikely) issues. Welcome!

Garth Illerbrun
CAR S04 L3
NAR 26894 L2

We did have a one day launch in September at an alternate to Sullivan Lake, and Fall Fire (only 20 minutes away) did go off as scheduled in October...
The Edmonton club is prepping for Fire & Ice near the end of February and fire bans are unlikely when everything is still covered in snow...but it should be a great time...

 

[OverTheTop]

Lloydminster - on the SK/AB border

That is quite a bit north! I have been as far east as Calgary, and as far north as Jasper. December/January '91. I have been further east to places like Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, PEI, NB etc as well, but that side was more in the fall

 

[Jerry F.]

I'm about 5-6 hrs from Calgary...

 

[John Galt]

Greetings from Adams, NY, 45 minutes east of Syracuse, 40 minutes south of the Canadian border (Kingston & Gananoque).

 

[Lord Rory Gin]

Lloydminster - on the SK/AB border

Welcome from Regina.

 

[brockrwood]

Lloydminster - on the SK/AB border

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

 

[teepot]

I sure liked those guys, Eh. Can even make the sound too. You just can't hear it.

 

[K'Tesh]

Greetings from the Far East... I'm in the PRC.

 

[Nateairman]

We did have a one day launch in September at an alternate to Sullivan Lake, and Fall Fire (only 20 minutes away) did go off as scheduled in October...
The Edmonton club is prepping for Fire & Ice near the end of February and fire bans are unlikely when everything is still covered in snow...but it should be a great time...

Maybe I can ship rockets, then fly out and level up...