January
Emil Bartholet cleaned up with this nicely done
Terrier-Sandhawk. Emil had consulted Rockets of the
World for the paint job, and came up with a real winner. Emil just
recently got back into rocketry and discovered life as a BAR. If Emil
keeps producing rockets like this one, he is sure to clean up in Model
of the Month and in scale competition. Sadly there were no youth
entries.
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February
Emil Bartholet won in Adult with his very nicely finished MRC
Trailblazer 2. This is the second MRC Trailblazer that Emil has
built. The first had a spectacular prang, and Emil had the carnage to
prove it. "Hi, I'm Ken Goodwin's son, Scott" brought
is his scratch built Mars Transport and racked up the votes in
Youth. Many who attended were impressed with the low cost of this
model. It's a paper plate, 4 Dixie cups, 2 medicine bottles, a spent
D-engine casing and a plastic bag parachute. CHAD rocketry at its
best!
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March
For this month's winning Adult entry Emil Bartholet brought in
his Shotput. (This is the third month in a row that Emil has
won). Emil used the Recuit boosters salvaged from his pranged MRC
Trailblazer to build this impressive model. Where were the Yoot this
month?
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April
Peter Olivola and Matthew Duckworth are this month's
winners. Peter's scratch built two-stage features a clustered 24mm
booster staging to a single 24mm sustainer. Matthew brought in a
nicely done Estes Mercury-Atlas -- once again proving that NIRA
loves scale rockets.
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May
Teddy Farmer shows off his Estes Sidewinder modified to
accept 29mm engines. There were no youth entries this month.
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June
This month's winners are Adam Goodwin with his Estes
Firebird in Youth and John Barrett with his Estes
Black Hole (nonfunctional static model) in Adult.
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July
Marty Schrader with his scratchbuilt Fantasy Scale
NightStalker medium bomber. The SAFE missiles on the underside
are scratch built from fuel tanks and ventral fins from a MiG-31 kit.
Beverly Fitzpatrick won the Youth category with her
Sputnik (a newer version than what she flew at this year's
MRFF).
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August
John Kouns built this model (based on the model on the front of
an Estes Decal pack) to commemorate his son Andrew making Eagle Scout
-- hence the name, Eagle Challenge. It uses Estes BT-80 with a
Silver Comet nose cone. No Youth entry on which to report.
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September
Mark Soppet displays his Quest DC-Y Delta Clipper. Our
Adult winner, Ron Kaminski, displays a nicely done four color
fade on an Aerotech Initiator.
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October
This month the Youth winner is Andrew Kramer with his all black
Estes SWAT. The Adult winner is John Barret with his
Launch Pad Matra "Magic" R.550.
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November
No youth entries again. Our Adult winner is Joe Nowak and his
scratch-built Scud missile. Joe built this rocket from plans
and rolled all his own tubes and cones.
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December
This month our Youth winner is Mark Soppet with a Quest kit he
bashed into an X-15D (advanced) glider. Our Adult winner is
Norm "Odd Roc" Dziedzic with his flying
Christmas ornament, the FAO Schwarzkopf.
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