Category: Announcement

To all, the SEARS launch for this Saturday, 4 October 2025 is a go! The NOTAM for this Saturday is: 1A4 10/032. The weather is OK, it may be a little windy at times and I am not sure what the cloud cover is going to do for us.

Please bring the usual stuff: Shade, hats, sunscreen, water, lunch, lawn chairs, rockets and motors. Please keep your NAR/TRA membership cards up to date.

See you all on Saturday, I think Chris Short is bringing the trailer and vending.

John Hansel
SEARS Section Advisor

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Updated the launch schedule for the 2025/2026 launch season.

To all, the NOTAM and Waiver are in place for 7 December 2024 from 9am until 4:30pm.

Please bring the usual: warm clothes, water, shade, hats, lunch, rockets/motors. Chris Short will be vending.

The weather looks good, a little on the cool side.

We have a new Porta Potty service staring this month, I hope this works out better than our recent past service.

See you all Saturday.

John Hansel
SEARS Section Advisor

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To all, the Waiver and NOTAM are in place for this Saturday, 5 October 2024, from 0900 to 1700 hours local: 1A4 10/070. The weather looks good for Saturday. Please bring the usual stuff: shade, hats, sunscreen, water, lunch, rockets and motors. Please be sure your NAR and/or TRA membership is up to date.

Chris Short will not be vending but I picked up from him a large order of motors and things that several people preordered. Check with me at the launch.

See you all Saturday.

John Hansel
SEARS Section Advisor

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To all, the weather report for Saturday was so bad that I only filed a NOTAM and waiver for Sunday 8 September. The NOTAM number is 1A4 09/126. The times I set up are from 1000 to 1700 (10am to 5pm).

There maybe some light rain early Sunday but I think we can make a go of it. There will be a lot a of rain between now and then at Samson so be prepared for things to be wet and puddles on the roads.

You will need to bring the usual stuff: shade, hats, water, lunch, rockets, membership cards.

I am not sure what the status of Chris Short vending will be. UPDATED: Chris Short will not be vending on Sunday 8 September.

See you all on Sunday.

John Hansel
SEARS Section Advisor

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The launch schedule has been updated for the 2024-2025 launch season.

To all, the NOTAM and Waiver are set up for this weekend: 1A4 06/230. It will be HOT this weekend, we are catching a break, there is a front pushing thru that will have the humidity in the mid 40s for Saturday with a light breeze out of the north. Please bring shade, hats and lots of water, you will need to keep yourself hydrated. Don’t forget lunch, chairs, rockets. Chris Shout will NOT BE VENDING, he is in New York state at LDRS.

Chris Crews may be around but isn’t really available to help with launch, Kendall is still out of pocket, Emily and Jacob are moving to a new home; SO I will need lots of help to get this launch set up and run, not to mention take down. The students at FSU have agreed to help but I will still need everyone in attendance to contribute something toward the launch this weekend!!

Use the map at this link ( https://goo.gl/maps/U95yi5M6WmsZ4ibF6 ) or put Sod Road Samson AL into the GPS to find the launch site.

See you Saturday, dress for hot weather!

John Hansel

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The launch for 1 June 2024 has been cancelled due to weather. We’ll send out updates next week on the mailing list about a potential 8 June launch.

To all, the Waiver and NOTAM are set up for this Saturday 4 May 2024 from 9am to 5pm. The published NOTAM is 1A4 05/056. We have a good weather forecast for Saturday; on and off clouds, high of 87 with humidity at about 65%, light and variable winds. It will be on the warm side so be sure to bring lots of fluids to drink, hats, shade, sunscreen, lunch, chairs and lots of rockets.

Use the map at this link ( https://goo.gl/maps/U95yi5M6WmsZ4ibF6 ) or put Sod Road Samson AL into the GPS to find the launch site.

Chris Short of Chris’ Rocket Supplies is our on-site vendor. See  https://csrocketry.com/

Remember to keep your NAR and TRA membership cards up to date.

When setting up or taking down the range do not take the antennas off the launch control boxes, they fold over. When taking down the range please use some WD-40 on the clip leads on all the pads, this really helps with corrosion.

See you all on Saturday.

John Hansel

P.S. Want to receive launch updates by email? Join our searsrocketry group on Groups.io!

To all, the Waiver and NOTAM are set up for this Saturday 6 April 2024 from 9am to 5pm: 1A4 04/126. The weather looks really good. Please bring the usual; hats, shade, sunscreen, chairs, water, lunch, and lots of rockets. Chris Short will be vending.

Use the map at this link ( https://goo.gl/maps/U95yi5M6WmsZ4ibF6 ) or put Sod Road Samson AL into the GPS to find the launch site.

Chris Short of Chris’ Rocket Supplies is our on-site vendor. See  https://csrocketry.com/

Remember to keep your NAR and TRA membership cards up to date.

When setting up or taking down the range do not take the antennas off the launch control boxes, they fold over. When taking down the range please use some WD-40 on the clip leads on all the pads, this really helps with corrosion.

See you all on Saturday.

John Hansel

P.S. Want to receive launch updates by email? Join our searsrocketry group on Groups.io!