Last June we told about HARA’s project to help Levi’s jeans do a photo shoot for a fashion ad- http://hararocketry.org/hara/vintage-rocketeer-jeans/ and promised to post the pictures when they came out. Well, the spring collection is released and here are some representative shots from the portfolio, mainly ones with our rockets in them. It’s a nice homage to the ‘rocket boys’ style of the fifties and the amateur dreams of spaceflight.
Congratulations to these teams who will be representing our state at the TARC finals May 18 at Great Meadow, The Plains, VA.
Team Number, Team Name, City
19-5573, Cullman Area Technology Academy, Cullman
19-4984, Rogers High School, Florence
19-5089, Lincoln High School, Lincoln
19-4727, Tharptown High School, Russellville
19-4998, Russellville High School (Team 1), Russellville
19-5000, Russellville High School (Team 2), Russellville
HARA would like to salute the eight Huntsville area teams for their efforts. It’s been a tough year – not only were the design goals for this TARC challenging with three eggs to fly, but there was also the fight against some very persistent wet weather. Despite the rain, the local teams managed to complete many practice flights and all got qualified scores.
19-5055 , HOPE Christian Academy , Huntsville
19-5135 , St. John Paul II C.H.S. , Huntsville
19-5136 , St. John Paul II C.H.S. , Huntsville
19-5137 , St. John Paul II C.H.S. , Huntsville
19-5530 , Bob Jones High School , Madison
19-5439 , James Clemens High School , Madison
19-5704 , James Clemens High School , Madison
19-4885 , Liberty Middle School , Madison
Thanks to the rest of these state schools for registering and participating in TARC. We hope you all had a prodigious “rocket boys” experience.
19-5781 , Hewitt-Trussville High School , Trussville
19-5782 , Hewitt-Trussville High School , Trussville
19-5329 , Wetumpka High School , Wetumpka
19-5297 , Winfield City High School , Winfield
19-5523 , Coppinville Junior High School , Enterprise
19-5576 , St. Michael Catholic High School , Fairhope
19-4825 , Central High School , Florence
19-5274 , Goshen High School , Goshen
19-5027 , Alabama School of Mathematics and Science , Mobile
19-5236 , Muscle Shoals Career Academy , Muscle Shoals
19-4722 , Phil Campbell High School , Phil Campbell
19-4999 , Russellville High Schools , Russellville
19-4726 , Tharptown High School , Russellville
19-4728 , Tharptown High School , Russellville
19-4996 , Rogers High School , Florence
19-4997 , Rogers High School , Florence
Launch is a GO! The field is in good shape.
However, bear in mind that there could be up to 1/2″ of rain before launch time tomorrow, so be careful where you park – we do not have the capability to pull stuck vehicles from mud. Also, the launch could be interrupted or cut short by scattered showers or storms, so please be weather aware.
It’s time to fly!
The forecast for tomorrow morning/afternoon continues to improve – club officers will evaluate the field conditions this afternoon and a no go/go decision will be announced soon thereafter.
Stay tuned – things look more promising.
Weather forecast for Saturday continues to get worse – plus the rain anticipated on Friday could create unacceptable field conditions. A no-go/go decision will be made mid-day on Friday.
Not looking good right now, but stay tuned…
We will be launching at the Butler Mill field (see http://hararocketry.org/hara/high-power-launches/ for directions).
No on-site vendor, so bring your stuff!
Weather forecast iffy at this time – stay tuned for further updates.
On this beautiful 23rd day of March, 13 teams made 50 flights at the UNA regional challenge. Vince and Allen provided HARA launch and scoring services for the contest held at the Russellville field. Cullman HS did the best with a ‘15’ and might be up for the finals with that qualification score. Rogers, MASE and Central HS also qualified with the rest of the schools flying just for regional points. They opted to keep tweaking before they use another attempt turn, so the March madness of TARC continues.
Due to recent rains, field conditions will not support a launch tomorrow (Saturday March 16).
