Jonathan Sivier describes the canted 3-motor arrangement in his FlisKits Tres to a young rocketeer. Photo by Greg Smith
Working at the launch control station, Jonathan announces an upcoming flight. Photo by Greg Smith
Liftoff of a young builder's Estes Alpha III. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg Smith's Estes Orbital Transport ascends gracefully with a C6-3 motor. Photo by Greg Smith
Ignition of Jonathan Sivier's Vaughn Brothers Stretch Blobbo, with a D12-5 motor. Photo by Greg Smith
The Stretch Blobbo shortly before landing, seen from almost directly underneath. Photo by Greg Smith
An Estes Big Daddy takes off. Photo by Greg Smith
Recovery of the Big Daddy. Photo by Greg Smith
William Carney hooks up his GeeTee on the pad, while modeling the stylish and practical CIA baseball cap and GARLO 2006 T-shirt. Photo by Greg Smith
Launch of Jonathan Sivier's Comanche-3, a three-stage model painted red, white and blue, with a D12-0 booster. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg Smith's Estes Alpha on a B4-4 motor. This well-finished model, although recently built, incorporates several parts from Greg's first rocket that he originally flew in 1969. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg's Alpha recovers under a 35-year-old parachute. Photo by Greg Smith
Ascent of William's GeeTee. Photo by Greg Smith
The GeeTee at the moment of ejection. Unfortunately, the parachute never got much farther out of the body than seen in this picture, and it had a hard landing. Photo by Greg Smith
A yellow and red rocket caught during ascent. Photo by Greg Smith
Seconds away from a safe landing. Photo by Greg Smith
An Alpha III lifts off. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg Smith's THOY Robin on an E9-6 motor. Photo by Greg Smith
Recovery of Greg's Robin. Photo by Greg Smith
It's only an official launch after Christopher Deem's Big Brute flies. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris Deem's Big Brute ejects its parachute. Photo by Greg Smith
Successful recovery of the Big Brute. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg Smith's Estes Cobra replica takes off. Only two of the three C6-7 motors ignited, but it was still a successful flight. Photo by Greg Smith
Christopher Deem's BATFE Special on the pad before launch. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris Deem's BATFE Special lifts off on a cluster of four motors. Photo by Greg Smith
All engines thrusting, the BATFE Special heads for the sky. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris Deem's BATFE Special at ejection. Lots of smoke and recovery wadding. Photo by Greg Smith
The BATFE Special just before landing. Photo by Greg Smith
A Quest Big Betty takes off. Photo by Greg Smith
Launch of Greg Smith's BecTec WAC Corporal with a RoadRunner Rocketry F42 motor. Photo by Greg Smith
Greg's WAC Corporal descending toward landing. Fortunately, it didn't land in the trees. Photo by Greg Smith
An unidentified rocket launches into the cloudless blue sky. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris Deem's Cherokee II. The shock cord wrapped around the rocket body, so it came down sideways, but safely. Photo by Greg Smith
Liftoff of a LOC Graduator. Photo by Greg Smith
Mark Joseph's Monocopter just after liftoff. The smoke from the E9 motor in this spinning, rocket-powered single wing helicopter partially obscures the picture. Photo by Greg Smith
Jonathan's Tres ascends with three C6-5 motors. Photo by Greg Smith
Jonathan's Tres at ejection. Photo by Greg Smith
The Tres descends in line with the radio antenna tower across the road. In fact, the rocket is much closer to the camera. Photo by Greg Smith
William Carney's North Coast Rocketry Phantom 4000 takes off. Photo by Greg Smith
William's Phantom 4000 had a very early ejection while the propellant was still burning. The rocket recovered safely, but was damaged. Photo by Greg Smith
Liftoff of William Carney's Estes Shadow. Photo by Greg Smith
The parachute didn't deploy from the body tube, and the Shadow came in straight and fast. It's a bit shorter, now. Photo by Greg Smith
Christopher Deem loads his Arrow on the pad. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris' Arrow performed well. Photo by Greg Smith
Recovery of an Estes Broadsword. No, this one didn't hit the tower, either. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris Deem with his NCR Phantom 4000 before flight. Photo by Greg Smith
Chris loading the Phantom 4000 on the launcher. Photo by Greg Smith
Liftoff of Chris Deem's Phantom 4000. Photo by Greg Smith
Phantom 4000 gaining speed and altitude. Photo by Greg Smith
