There were 22 fliers, with the breeze and mud holding the number of flights to 51. Still, there were some memorable flights, including our club's largest project to date. Most frequent fliers were Brad Potter and Tom McAtee, with seven flights each. Estes D motors were the most popular, powering 16 flights, not counting an I + 8D cluster flight. There were 2 1/2A powered flights, 1 A, 4 B's, 8 C's, 16 D's, 4 E's, 1 F, 6 G's, 3 H's, 2 I's, 3 J's, and one K.

For the second time in a row, a V-2 launch started things off, with Jeff Brundt's Mountainside Hobbies version making a good flight on a G64. Steve Mizerany made a successful first flight with his Hindenburg zeppelin, converted from a plastic model. His X-15 scale boost-glider blasted to extreme altitude on an E15; unfortunately, it drifted out of sight downwind.

Fred Gruis made the day's most spectacular flight, with his mammoth (15' high, 8" diameter, 56 lb weight) scratchbuilt rocket. This blasted off on two K550's, then airstarted two J motors. Unfortunately, the parachutes stripped, and the payload section was destroyed, though the lower section landed relatively intact.

Mark Geislinger and Mark Henriksen both made successful Level 2 certification flights - Mark G. with a Hypertek hybrid in a PML Tempest, and Mark H. with a nice-looking North Coast Phantom 4000 HD on a J275. Congratulations, guys! The club now has 10 members certified to Level 2.

Chad Rogers made very high flights with his skinny scratchbuilt model on a G80 and his PML Explorer on I power. The Explorer drifted out of sight, but was recovered at the end of the day.

Quote of the day, from Jack Hollister:"If they made a movie of this, they could call it 'Field of Dweebs'".