CIA Launch at Dodds Park 6/24/2006 - Page 3

After cancelling 11 launches in a row due to bad weather over a period of almost six months, CIA was finally able to hold a launch on Saturday, June 24, 2006. It was a beautiful day with light winds from the northeast, which meant setting up the launch equipment in a distant corner of the field.

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CIA-Rocketry > Brian Smith's DynaStar Rising Star payloader descends after a successful flight with an E9-4 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Another pretty and straight flight of Lon Westfall's ASP Tall Boy, this one with an E9 motor. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Lon's Tall Boy returns after a successful flight. Photo by Greg Smith

CIA-Rocketry > Chris Deem's Oasis descends after a flight with a ((LOUD)) Aerotech H238-S motor. The rocket was slightly damaged because the delay was too short and it ejected the parachute while still climbing rapidly, but it can be repaired soon. Photo by Greg Smith

$CIA-Rocketry > Christopher Deem's Cherokee II caught just a fraction of a second after ejection. Note the plume of recovery wadding still streaming from the upper end of the rocket body. Photo by Greg Smith$