General Meeting
After a one week delay resulting from a major snowstorm, we’re going ahead with the General Meeting tomorrow at 1:00 PM at the Kanata Legion. Looking forward to seeing the members, and getting back to the launch site.
Newspaper Article about Our Club
During last Sunday’s launch at the Clarendon/Shawville site, I was interviewed by a reporter for the local newspaper “The Equity”. The story can be seen at https://www.theequity.ca/rockets-launched-in-clarendon/.
LDRS 41 Photos
I forgot to mention that I’ve added a small album of pictures from LDRS 41 in Wisconsin this last summer. A party of four of us attended, driving to the Bong State Recreational Area via the northern route through Sault Ste Marie. We took camping trailers, staying in Walmart parking lots on the way there and back, and staying at a campsite in the Bong during LDRS. Teresa and John got in quite a few flights, I got to catch up with a bunch of friends that I only ever see at big HPR launches, and I got to brush up on my tracking and my tree climbing!
New Launch Site Found
A new launch site has been found, and an insurance certificate has been obtained and sent to the landowner. We are in the process of planning our launch calendar for the coming few months. Please stand by for publication of the new launch calendar.
General Meeting Called
A general meeting of the Ottawa Rocketry Group will be held on February 10, 2024 at the Kanata Legion from 1PM to 5PM. Agenda to follow.
ORG at URRF 2023
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Prefect Bill Wagstaff, Secretary/Treasurer Teresa Wagstaff and Member at Large Glenn Mitchell attended the Upstate Research Rocketry Festival at Potter, NY from June 9 – 11. The weather was fairly good, with only a limited amount of haze remaining after the smoke from Canadian forest fires the previous week. A certain amount of haze can be seen in the photo above. The group’s flights were entirely successful, boding well for their planned pilgrimage to Wisconsin’s Richard Bong State Recreational Area for LDRS 41 in a few weeks.
Annual AGM October 14, 2017
Our annual AGM will be at the Stittsville Legion from Noon to 18:00 on October 14, 2017.
Yes we are still alive!
It has been a long time since we posted in this section. Please rest assure that our club is active. The best way to see what we are up to is to have a look at our Yahoo discussion group or our Facebook group: Ottawa Rocketry Group
We keep our launch Calendar up to date. Normally we post our calendar for the year in January.
Carp Airport Family Day, August 29th 2015
The Ottawa Rocketry Group is participating in the upcoming Carp Airport Family Day on August 29th. There will be Bi Plane Rides, family rides, charity BBQ with proceeds to Rogers House, Carp restaurants show casing their fare with free samples, warbird and vintage aircraft static displays as well as newer aircraft on display.
Grounds are open at 9 AM and the event runs until 4 PM. Rocket and RC Airplane demonstrations begin at 12 PM.
More details here: Carp Airport Family Day Facebook Event Page
Launch May 10th, 2015 Cancelled
Since it’s Mother’s Day, we are canceling the launch for May 10th. Get your rockets ready for the next launch on May 24th.