Mt. Rainier Composite Squadron hosts two Model Rocketry Events at Wilcox Farms in Roy, Washington

25 Aug & 15 Sep 07 – Squadron Commander Capt John Bittinger, Aerospace Education Officer 2Lt Eddie Rojas and several cadets from Mt. Rainier and McChord AFB Composite Squadrons, participated in Model Rocketry Training.  In a day when Homeland Security is paramount and aviation is becoming the transport of choice, finding a place to launch Model Rockets is becoming much more difficult.  Luckily one of our members, who is associated with Wilcox Farms (a popular dairy in Roy, Washington) has secured support from Wilcox Farms who has offered to assist our Aerospace Education and Rocketry programs by allowing us to use their open farmland to launch model rockets.  Until Wilcox Farms had offered this, we were close to losing hope of finding something within a reasonable driving distance. 

Cadets participated in airframe and safety training and then assembled and launched their rockets utilizing the CAP Rocketry Program.  Most launches were successful, there were only one or two mishaps (rockets that did not launch, extract chute or land properly).

This training will be continued on 20 October 07 when cadets participate in the Saturn Stage III of the CAP Model Rocketry program where three cadets are expected to graduate and earn their Model Rocketry Badges.