Model Rocketry On TV Tonight!

Tonight's Auction Hunters TV Show? It is About the Thrill of Model Rockets!

Check out the "Auction Hunters" TV show on the Spike cable network on Wednesday, June 20 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm MST (check here for local listings). The episode is called "Little Ton Jones."

"What is this about?", you ask.

{from Tim Van Milligan (a.k.a. "Mr. Rocket") of Apogee Components}

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Hot Dogs and Rockets!

If they're combined, does it make it a Rocketdog? Not necessarily, but SARA member Darrell Dewoody is not only launching rockets at our monthly gatherings, but is also offering good eats at his newly launched concession stand, which he hopes will take off and become a regularly scheduled service at the club..

In February, Dewoody offered up delicious grilled hot dogs, with all the trimmings, potato chips, water, soda and other goodies that soothed the appetites of rocketeers, young and old. At this weekend's club launch, the menu will expand to include hamburgers.

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Desert Heat 2012 Wrap-Up

As dawn broke over the TIMPA site on the morning of Saturday, March 24, the tents and RVs slowly disgorged sleepy-eyed campers into a beautiful, calm morning. The launch pads were ready, the PA system crackled to life, and two critical elements to the success of any rocket launch began preparation: large pots of strong coffee, and rocket motors.

Thus began the start of Desert Heat 2012, the annual two-day rocketry celebration hosted by Tucson's own Southern Arizona Rocketry Association. Volunteers took their places at the registration table, safety check-in, LCO desk, and Rent-a-Rock stations. Carloads of fliers, family supporters, and onlookers joined the campers who had arrived the previous evening. The steady stream of cars continued throughout the morning and early afternoon, providing a crowd estimated at close to a thousand people during its peak. Rockets were assigned pads, and the flying began in earnest. Before the event ended on Sunday at 1:00 p.m., 774 rockets would be launched, a record for a SARA event.

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SARA at Yuri's Night

The Southern Arizona Rocketry Association (SARA) had a great booth featuring the Crayon Rocket flown by the Arizona Rocketry Team (AZRT) to over 3,200 AGL at Desert Heat 2012 then donated to SARA for community outreach events like this.

Steve Lubliner also demonstrated different types of rockets by launching them outside between the aircraft on display!