YEAR IN REVIEW

Bluegrass 2019 Review

In 2019, 7 Club launches were held.

Number of launches in each of the 12 months

January - 0 Launch
February - 0 Launch
March- 1 Launch
April - 1 Launch
May - 1 Launch
June - 0 Launch
July - 0 Launch
August - 1 Launch
September - 1 Launch
October - 1 Launch
November - 1 Launch
December - 0 Launch
Total - 7 Launches

Launch attendance decreased from 55 flyers in 2018 to 46 in 2019, an decrease of 9 or 16%.
The number of rocket flights in 2018 was 152 and in 2018 it was 142 an decrease of 10 or 7%.
In 2019 the club burned 163 motor and in 2018 it burned 160 a decrease of 3 or 0.02%.
In 2019 19,116 N-sec of power was generated but in 2018 it was 29,651 N-sec, a decrease of 10,535 N-sec or 55%.

List of 2019 Accomplishments

Membership now stands at 91.
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.
46 Fliers put up 142 Flights this year
149 motors were burned this year.
The Total Impulse was 7415.3 Newton-Seconds (NOTE: only 2 launches had this information. I am sure the number should be higher
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.

2019 Officers

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

> Data for 2019

Event	Date	Location	Fliers	Flights	Motors	N-Sec
LSU Only Launch	3/02	Sod Farm
BlueSkies123	3/23	Sod Farm
BlueSkies124	4/11	Sod Farm
BlueSkies125	5/11	Sod Farm	12	35	35	7415.3
BlueSkies126	8/24	Sod Farm	11	35	35
BlueSkies127	9/14	Sod Farm	12	35	40
BlueSkies128	10/12	Sod Farm	10	37	39	4710.5
BlueSkies129	11/16	Sod Farm
Totals			45	118	149	9125.8

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 2020 will remain at $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.

The club aquired a new Wilson Wireless Launch System with both High Power an Low Power modules. So the launch system has become quite reliable for both High and Low power launches.

HAPPY 2020

Joe Magginnis
NAR 10720 L2
TRA 11793 L2

1/22/2020