YEAR IN REVIEW

Bluegrass 2018 Review

In 2018, 8 Club launches were held.

Number of launches in each of the 12 months

January - 0 Launch
February - 0 Launch
March- 1 Launch
April - 0 Launch
May - 1 Launch
June - 1 Launch
July - 1 Launch
August - 1 Launch
September - 1 Launch
October - 1 Launch
November - 1 Launch
December - 0 Launch
Total - 8 Launches

Launch attendance increased from 48 flyers in 2017 to 55 in 2018, an increase of 7 or 115%.
The number of rocket flights in 2017 was 147 and in 2018 it was 152 an increase or 8 or 103%.
In 2017 the club burned 163 motor and in 2018 it burned 160 a decrease of 3 or 0.02%.
In 2017 29,651 N-sec of power was generated but in 2018 it decreased to 19,116 N-sec, an decrease of 10,535 N-sec or 55%.

List of 2018 Accomplishments

Membership now stands at 85 .
There were 8 Certification flight successfully completed.
- L1
  - July 14th - James Buck - Nike Smoke (H100W); Eric Lewis - Fooled me Once MK 2.5 (I150): Kristian Lewis - VSRS W. J. Meyer (I1299)
  - August 25th - Blase Sannunzio - The reimann (H170); Michael Meier - Matty Daddy (I218); Chase Renner - Big Fuzzy Siberian Bear (I120)
- L3
  - MidWest Power - Dennis Stevens -
Congratulations to all and welcome to the world of High Power Rocketry. Also called high dollar rocketry.
55 Fliers put up 152 Flights this year.
160 motors were burned this year.
The Total Impulse was 19,116 Newton-Seconds
We had some unique rockets and some unusual flights.
All in all this year was successful for the club. Thanks Ed for all the help you provided this year. Without you we would not have had the success we had this year. Hurray for Ed.
We are getting older and new blood and brawn is needed to keep this club alive. Hopefully there is still enough interest to keep the club active and getting it to grow. It's up to you to do that.

2018 Officers

President - Dennis Stevens
VP - Jeff Calwell
Secretary/Treasurer - Joe Magginnis
Webmaster - Joe Magginnis
SR Adviser & LCO - Ed Seward
Prefect - Darryl Hankes

Data for 2018

Event	Date	Location	Fliers	Flights	Motors	N-Sec
BlueSkies113	3/10	Sod Farm	3	12	14	746.6
BlueSkies114	5/12	Sod Farm	5	16	17	694.3
BlueSkies115	6/16	Sod Farm	5	40	41	7,652.9
BlueSkies116	7/14	Sod Farm	6	19	19	3,430.0
BlueSkies117	8/25	Sod Farm	10	20	21	2,679.1
BlueSkies118	9/15	Sod Farm	4	14	17	655.5
BlueSkies119	10/20	Sod Farm	8	17	17	2,069.3
BlueSkies120	11/10	Sod Farm	4	14	14	1,191.2
Totals			55	152	160	19,115.9

Now is the time to help the club continue to operate by giving of yourself. To show your support come to the launches and help with the tasks of setting up, tearing down and loading of the equipment. Volunteer to retrieve rockets. Spend some time in helping the RSO, LSO and Safety personnel. Learn about the functioning of the club duties. It takes time and energy to do these things and the old crew is wearing down with age and soon will not be physically able to continue.

Lets make this the best year yet - Get involved and Enjoy the Hobby.

Dues for 2019 will increase to $20 and this includes launch fees for the year.
Non-members will have a $5 launch fee for model rockets and a $10.00 fee for HP Rockets, 1st time fliers are free.
Children 16 and under free.

HAPPY 2019

Joe Magginnis
NAR 10720 L2
TRA 11793 L2

12/16/2018