January
Mark Soppet holds his scratch built copy of the Estes
Night Hawk glider while Alex Wallis displays his Estes
Fat Boy.
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February
Marty Schrader won the adult category with his scratch-built
Just Plain Rocket, while Victoria House took the youth
category with her Holverson/Fun Rockets Swinger.
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March
Mary Hojek holds her pair of Youth winners -- Estes
Alphas built for a school science fair. Andy Montag's
crayon rocket is completely scratch, including the label he drew on
his computer.
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April
Cody Pinchot won the Youth category with his Estes
Bullpup, while Todd Bavery took the Adult category with
his Binder Sprint.
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May
Victoria House with her winning, scratch built, D engine,
unnamed, rocket. John Boren with his Starship Excalibur
clone.
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June
John Boren and his winning, but uncovered, upscale
LadyHawk (a Dr. John Kallend design). This rocket features two
engines, a delta wing configuration, and R/C guidance. This rocket was
covered in some detail in later editions of The Leading Edge.
There were no youth entries.
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(Rick Gaff photo)
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July
Chuck Swindler won the Adult division with his PML
Tethys. Cody Pinchot shows off his excellently detailed
Quest Navaho AGM.
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(Jeff Pleimling photo)
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August
This month's adult winner was Chuck Swindler with a
scratch-built rocket with a three-engine 18mm cluster. He hasn't yet
named his creation. No kids entered rockets.
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September
Cody Pinchot won in Youth with his Dynamic Courier from
Custom, while Marty Schrader won in Adult with a scratch-built
two-stage, Just Plain Rocket with Really Elaborate Booster.
Those booster fins actually have holes in them.
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October
Mark Knapp was the Adult winner with a LOC Minnie-Mag
that he named "Escher 1." If only the Youth would enter...
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November
Adult winner Todd Bavery shows off his rebuilt
Velociraptor from Binder Design. No entries for Youth. Hmm.
These kids are watching too much TV...
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December
Marty Schrader's scratch-built helicopter recovery rocket,
Whirling Death from Above, won the Adult category. Nobody
entered a rocket for Youth, which is something of a disappointment.
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