Hello, everyone. I'm a new member here, and I'll start off with a quick bit of information about me.
When I was a kid in elementary school I was part of a space club, and part of our space club included building an estes rocket and launching them on a field at our high school. Ever since then I have always wanted to do it again, but never had the chance. Six years ago I got my first telescope and have been a hardcore amateur astronomer ever since. I love math, space, and physics so I was bound to get a model rocket at some point to launch. Well, it just so happens that I just turned 33, and my fiance (who is the one that bought me my first telescope) just happened to get me some model rockets to toy around with. She got me the Estes Tandem X with the launch pad, and two rockets. I'm still waiting on these to show up, along with the engines she got me. I'm a bit curious about launching though, I live in Plattsburgh, NY and we have an airport here. There is a field close to my house that I was considering using, but I'm not sure if I can just use a city field to launch, or what I need to do in order to launch these puppies. Included are 3 screenshots I took of Google Earth with length and width measurements of the field, and then a measurement of the distance from the airport. I would love to avoid getting in trouble, so I signed up to the forums to ask for any assistance in launch locations and/or permissions I may need. I'm sure, if I have to, that I would be able to find another field much further away from the airport, but I picked this one because it is less than a 5 minute drive from home.
When I was a kid in elementary school I was part of a space club, and part of our space club included building an estes rocket and launching them on a field at our high school. Ever since then I have always wanted to do it again, but never had the chance. Six years ago I got my first telescope and have been a hardcore amateur astronomer ever since. I love math, space, and physics so I was bound to get a model rocket at some point to launch. Well, it just so happens that I just turned 33, and my fiance (who is the one that bought me my first telescope) just happened to get me some model rockets to toy around with. She got me the Estes Tandem X with the launch pad, and two rockets. I'm still waiting on these to show up, along with the engines she got me. I'm a bit curious about launching though, I live in Plattsburgh, NY and we have an airport here. There is a field close to my house that I was considering using, but I'm not sure if I can just use a city field to launch, or what I need to do in order to launch these puppies. Included are 3 screenshots I took of Google Earth with length and width measurements of the field, and then a measurement of the distance from the airport. I would love to avoid getting in trouble, so I signed up to the forums to ask for any assistance in launch locations and/or permissions I may need. I'm sure, if I have to, that I would be able to find another field much further away from the airport, but I picked this one because it is less than a 5 minute drive from home.