Chris’ Rocket Supplies will be at the Manchester launch site this weekend. Contact Chris at http://www.csrocketry.com/store/

We would like to make you aware of an aviation event happening in  Huntsville on Saturday, March 14. Please see the flyer for
International Drone Day. All are welcome to come, connect, and learn  about the exciting possibilities that unmanned systems can offer. This…  is also Pi Day (3/14/15) and Einstein’s Birthday!
The Greater Huntsville Section will be manning a display & recruiting table during the event.

Last weeks meeting was cancelled because of the dangerous winter weather.  We will make up our regular HARA meeting this Thursday night – March 12th. Meeting will start at 7:30pm in the ERC classroom.  This will be our last meeting before the NASA student launch week, so those interested in helping with range ops that week, please make an effort to attend.

Thanks,
Daniel

And thanks to those who have already renewed their memberships for 2015. Duane (Treasurer) will be issuing new membership cards for 2015.

Last night in Birmingham, we lost a great Rocketeer and a great friend, Carl Hicks. Please keep his wife Hope in your thoughts and prayers in the coming days.

Anyone who has been to down to fly with Phoenix Missile works, knows Carl and Hope. Carl has been a long-time friend and member of PMW, HARA and the rocketry community in general.  The rocketry community is filled with good people, but they don’t come any better than Carl.

We will notify the club when the memorial services will be held.

HARA and AIAA-Greater Huntsville help United Cerebral Palsy adapt toys for children with special needs. This is the second time HARA and AIAA-Greater Huntsville have joined up, and this one was a very special cause.

The team poses for a photo

On December 8th, a dozen engineers and friends gathered a UCP for three hours to modify toys with special switches.

A toy can take around 30-45 minutes to adapt. We were able to get about 40 toys adapted, which equates to about $2,000 worth of toys.  Everything from remote control cars to stuffed frogs to laser blasters and water guns.

The event was organized by HARA President Daniel Cavender and UCP TASC Coordinator Brandon Welch.

Thank to everyone who attended: Laura Schertz, Alex Dominguez, Omar Mireles, Jesse & Amanda Jones, Daniel Heater, Grace Belancik, Jarvis Caffrey, & Austin Decker.

The full write up of the event is on AL.com

click ‘Watts for Tots’

NASA’s Exploration Flight Test 1, or EFT-1, will mark the first-ever test flight of the agency’s Orion spacecraft for deep-space exploration. The unmanned test flight, scheduled for Dec. 4, 2014, will send an unmanned Orion space capsule on a 4.5-hour spaceflight to simulate the re-entry of a mission to the moon. Read more

Weather looking pretty good. Winds might be a bit of a challenge at times. We plan to have the range open at 10AM. See you tomorrow!

Daniel