SARA 2001 Launch Summary

During 2001 Sara held 9 of 12 planned launches (4 with FAA waivers, 5 with FAA notification); 2 launches were scrubbed because of weather, although during one (December) an informal launch of the rockets brought by a group of Cub scouts occurred in the intermittent rain, and the September launch was cancelled at the FAA's request.

Eighty eight (88) fliers made 599 flights during the year. Of the 599 flights 513 (86%) were clean: there were 44 separations, 12 tangled recovery devices, 5 early ejections, 5 kicked motors, 4 lawn darts, 3 each cato and unstable flights, 1 shred and 6 assorted other failure modes including some flights with multiple failures. The busiest launch was March with 92 flights and the quietest was October with 26 flights. Our most frequent flier was Thomas Gonzalez who made 38 flights. Other activity was (# fliers-#flights each): 2-34, 2-25, 2-21, 1-16, 4-15, 1-14, 2-12, 2-10, 4-9, 2-8, 7-7, 7-6, 7-5, 8-5, 5-4, 8-3, 10-2 and 20-1.

Motor use was: 1/4 A-13, 1/2 A-19, A-62, B-80, C-167, D-49. E-29, F-54, G-70, H-37, I-13, and J-6.

There were two successful High Power certification flights; Abe Randolph Level 1 and Jerry King Level 2.

Many thanks are due to all the people who helped with range operations during the year.

There is hope that 2002 will bring better and more typical launch weather.

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