On Saturday August 21, 2021, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s 8th launch of the year. The weather finally co-operated and we were greeted with 30 degree temperatures, partially cloudy skies and meandering 5 – 8 KPH winds. The wind direction from the South East forced us to utilize the extreme east end of the […]

On August 8, 2021 the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s 8th launch of the season. This launch was postponed 24 hours due to poor weather (again). The postponement along with a Sunday launch impacted the turnout as we had many more guests than fliers at this launch. Fog in the morning may also have discouraged […]

The Cambridge Rocket Club hosted a short notice Mini-launch on Monday August 2nd. The short notice was due to an unreliable weather forecast that cancelled the schedule July 31st launch and favourable weather on the Holiday Monday. Six club members and several guests showed up under a clear blue sky, warm temperatures and gusty at […]

On July 10th the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s fifth model rocket launch of this challenging year. The weather was idea with warm temperatures, light meandering winds and partly cloudy skies. the theme of the launch was scale models and were saw many of they take to the sky. Some of the scale models included […]

On Saturday July 3, 2021, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s fourth launch of the challenging 2021 season. This launch was originally scheduled for June 27 but had to be postponed due to poor weather. The weather on July 3rd started with cloudy skies, clearing by noon. The winds were moderate at 10 – 20 […]

On Saturday June 12th the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted its first Spring launch of the year. We were confined to COVID-19 outdoor gathering limits of no more than 10 people so we had to schedule our launch into two launch windows. The weather was ideal with bright skies, warm temperatures and light winds. A total […]

The Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s second and final “winter” launch of the season on the First Day of Spring, March 20, 2021. We were greeted with very mild conditions (+140C), clear blue skies and moderate westerly winds. Four members and several guests participated. We managed to fly a total of 13 model rockets with […]

On Saturday January 9, 2021, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s first launch of the year. The winter conditions were ideal for flying. The temperature was just above freezing, the winds were light and a cloudless sky provided a great backdrop for our models. We managed to comply with current COVID-19 protocols by limiting our […]

On October 3rd the Cambridge Rocket Club completed it’s 10th launch of the year, an amazing feat considering the COVID-19 crisis. This launch was a make-up launch for a weather related postponement last week. The temperatures were cool under overcast skies and very light winds, less that 10 KPH much of the day. We managed […]

After three weeks of postponements due to weather, we finally got off the eighth Cambridge Rocket Club model rocket launch of the year on Saturday September 19th. We were initially greeted with single digit temperatures, blue sky and mild winds. The conditions did warm up as the sun rose and the winds remained at or […]