...to everyone who showed up for a wonderfully successful Mile Hi Mayhem. While we lost Friday to bad weather and didn't get the range fully setup on Saturday until nearly 8:30AM, we managed to get off almost 300 flights on Saturday alone.

A more detailed launch report will follow as soon as Joe gets the launch logs posted and we all get a little well-deserved rest. Many thanks to all who helped set up the range and make the event happen including Art Hoag, Dennis Billings, Mike Shinn, and everyone else; Ray LaPanse for his fantastic photography; Giant Leap, Missileworks, Extreme Rocketry, PhotosByNadine and others for being business supporters of NCR and Mile Hi Mayhem. Thanks also to those who helped tear down the range on Sunday and get things into the trailer including Mark Barbee and Mike Bennet and all the rest. Finally, a special thanks to all the participants who came from all over to come and fly with NCR for our Spring regional launch.

A last minute check of the weather says – unpredictable, “iffy”, and probably about normal for this time of year. Check your favorite weather forecast and please plan accordingly. Mile High Mayhem is still a GO. Prepare/plan for springtime on the prairie. Our intent still is to set the range Thursday afternoon. Friday looks to be cloudy and possibly very windy. Saturday and Sunday look to be clearer and calmer. We will weather thru the weekend. Down to the wire negotiations stalled and NO “windows” will be available. In any case, the jet stream will be raging overhead. Mile High Mayhem will be happening anyway with our standing 20,000’ AGL waiver. Thanks go out to all of the last minute volunteers that have stepped up to help with operating the range. Be there or read about it in an upcoming issue of Extreme Rocketry – Brent is looking for writers. Hope to see you out on the range.

If you're planning on flying a hybrid motor at Mile High Mayhem, be sure to send an email reserving your flight to hybrid@ncrocketry.org and let us know what you're planning on flying. Information we need is the date you're planning on flying, the motor, manufacturer, and preferably the volume of nitrous oxide you'll need for your flight.

An example would be that you're planning on flying a Hypertek J330, the 54/485cc tank, on Saturday May 3rd. This ensures that we include your flight in our computations for making sure enough nitrous is available at the launch site and that your flight is as close to guaranteed as possible. Pre-registered flights get priority on the nitrous oxide supply. Thanks everyone.

We have been given the green light from the US Forest Service for MileHighMayhem next weekend, May 2nd, 3rd and 4th on the Pawnee National Grassland at NCR’s North Site. Did you pre-register? On-site registration will be available Friday, May 2nd. Limited edition T-shirts have been printed, vendors have been contacted and thanks to several club volunteers, our equipment is ready for another memorable launch. Our waiver will be a constant 20,000’ AGL. Anticipated “windows of opportunity” for higher altitudes shots is still in the works but remains un-confirmed. We anticipate having the range set up and ready by 9 AM on Friday, if not earlier, and we’ll operate until 6 PM. On Saturday and Sunday, the range and waiver will be open at 8 AM. Wristbands will be required for ALL flyers and ALL flyers will need to be registered. On Saturday, we will close the waiver at 6 PM and on Sunday at 4PM. Sunday is a TRA Research Launch Day and flyers must be Tripoli members and certified L2 or higher to fly. The extended weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with characteristically light winds and comfortable temperatures for Spring on the prairie. In other words, it should be an awesome weekend for flying.

Just a reminder that NCR is sponsoring a number of contests. While these run all year, Mile High Mayhem is a particularly good venue for showing your stuff.

This year, we have the following open entry contests:

• - D Cluster - Any number of motors, any design - how high can you fly it. Fabulous prizes!
• - Single Shot Sweepstakes - Maximum altitude on a Roadrunner G80 single use motor. Electronic tracking allowed this year! $200 pot from last year has rolled forward. $20 entry fee.
• - Super Single Shot Sweepstakes - Maximum altitude on an Aerotech J350 motor. $20 entry fee.
• - Mile High Contest - A Mile High Mayhem- only contest. Fly closest to 1 mile AGL (5282') without going over. Again, fabulous prizes. No entry fee.

Info on NCR's Big Events!

• Mile High Mayhem
• Oktoberfest
• NCR Annual Meeting

Click these links for Info pages and signups!