Colorado Aerial Rocket Circus II – April 21, 1990

By Larry Weber

      The Colorado
weather didn’t cooperate with us this year. High winds
blew out the CARCIS II launches on Saturday (April 21st),
half of Sunday (April 22nd), and the alternate date on
May 19th.

      You can’t say a whole lot about a
launch where the wind is so strong it blows a 2 x 6 foot
table over and over. We did get some eggloft flights off
on the 22nd, but didn’t get enough flights into the air
to even file for NAR points.

      However, the good news is that the
trackers are built for Grandma Goodards.

Mike Hellmund watches Rockets on the pad
Heritage Park launch site Contest Models on the pad
(A few contest flights were attempted
in spite of the bad weather, and are listed
below)

“B” Boost Glider Duration (WF 9)
Contestant
Div
Flt 1
Flt 2
Total
Kevin McKinney
C
156.00
84.00
240
Mike Hellmund
C
55.75
131.10
187
Bruce Markielewski

C
23.15
24.70
48
“1/2A” Parachute Duration (WF 3)
Contestant
Div
Flt 1
Flt 2
Total
Mike Hellmund
C
27.25
27
Larry Weber
C
22.27
22
Kevin McKinney

C
14.34
14
“B” Helicopter Duration (WF 10)
Contestant
Div
Flt 1
Flt 2
Total
Bruce Markielewski
C
UNS
Kevin Kuczek
C
58.60
59
David Nauer

C
NDP
“D” Dual Eggloft Altitude (WF 14) (C and Team Divisions
only)
Contestant
Div
Flt 1
Flt 2
Best
Bruce Markielewski
C
UNS
Mike Hellmund

C
EJT
“C” Eggloft Duration (WF 7) (A and B Divisions only)
Contestant
Div
Flt 1
Flt 2
Best
Ricky Wood
A
204.27
51.07
204
Todd Schneider

B
22.76
51
Other Entrants (did not fly)
Steve Anderson
Beth Weber