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08-04-2007, 04:45 PM
We had our big launch with the Scout Troop 941 along with the Challenger 498 Section today
at Rushing Park in far west Houston, Katy, TX. Fortunately, there was no rain to make us
scrub this time! The Scout Troop 941 are from Fulshear, TX (also far west Houston, more like
a rural area) and had asked us to help their kids with the Space Exploration badge for their
program.
We had a nice turnout of Troop/Pack 941 (along with their parents & Scout leaders) and had
four from Challenger 498 that assisted and also flew some models. The leaders of the Scout
Troop 941 are Johnny Moreno & Crystal McGill. They were so excited with the festivities of
the launches today that they want to do more!
I was able to get (finally) several of my classic scale models up; these include the Centuri
Mercury Redstone & 1/100 Saturn - V, and the PDRocketry's Gemini Titan - 3 models. All
three flew extremely well and performed as designed. John Thro, also a Challenger 498 club
member, was present and flew his Odssey and a pop-pod B/G several times. Chris Coffin was
there with his daughter and flew his Aerotech Mustang, but mostly did a lot of assisting of the youngsters and their parents on the finer points of prepping and launching model rockets. Without further ado, I'll post some pics that you all might be interested in:
at Rushing Park in far west Houston, Katy, TX. Fortunately, there was no rain to make us
scrub this time! The Scout Troop 941 are from Fulshear, TX (also far west Houston, more like
a rural area) and had asked us to help their kids with the Space Exploration badge for their
program.
We had a nice turnout of Troop/Pack 941 (along with their parents & Scout leaders) and had
four from Challenger 498 that assisted and also flew some models. The leaders of the Scout
Troop 941 are Johnny Moreno & Crystal McGill. They were so excited with the festivities of
the launches today that they want to do more!
I was able to get (finally) several of my classic scale models up; these include the Centuri
Mercury Redstone & 1/100 Saturn - V, and the PDRocketry's Gemini Titan - 3 models. All
three flew extremely well and performed as designed. John Thro, also a Challenger 498 club
member, was present and flew his Odssey and a pop-pod B/G several times. Chris Coffin was
there with his daughter and flew his Aerotech Mustang, but mostly did a lot of assisting of the youngsters and their parents on the finer points of prepping and launching model rockets. Without further ado, I'll post some pics that you all might be interested in: