Back In The Day, Part 41 - A Few More ROMAR Meet Pictures - 1983

 1983 was a banner year for the Rocky Mountain Association of Rocketry in Colorado Springs.  The club membership roster was at an all-time high, a regular schedule of sport meets was conducted throughout the year, a section contest was held (PEAK-1), as well as the HOTROC-4 regional.  By the end of the contest year, ROMAR ranked in the top ten list of NAR sections by contest points accrued.

I don't have any pictures of PEAK-1 that are clear enough for posting, but presented here is a selection of photos I took of a couple other launch events.

On April 25, 1983, ROMAR conducted a special launch for the benefit of a group of about 30 physics students from Wasson High School in Colorado Springs.  ROMAR members were on hand to assist the students with prepping, launch, and recovery of their models.  ROMAR members then conducted a demonstration launch, the highlights of which were Glade Gordon's F100-powered Estes Maxi Honest John, and Dr. Warren Layfield's F-powered Estes Colossus.

ROMAR's George Fox helps a Wasson High physics student prep her two-stage model. 

Careful with that cigarette, George!

The remainder of these photos are from a ROMAR sport meet conducted on September 25th, 1983.  

I finally owned a decent high-quality 35mm camera, so these pictures are much improved over my previous photography attempts.

ROMAR member J. B. Noyes preps his well-constructed Estes Comanche-3

Liftoff for a perfect flight of the Comanche-3

Captain Lawrence Quam hooks up a model for flight.

My own custom designed sci-fi model, Starship Draco lifts off.

Father of J. B. Noyes displays his son's models.

George Fox prepping a model for flight.  Careful with that cigarette, George!

Thanks for looking!  Cheers!