[BA-Rockets] Splashdown '04 event

[Jack Hagerty]

Hi all -

I'm sending this note officially to the LUNAR list, but it's also for the
BayNAR and AeroPAC members because, as you'll see, we're going to need
some manpower!

Some of you may remember that we have been invited to participate in the
Splashdown '04 event which runs from July 16 to 25 to commemorate the
35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 flight. This 10-day event will be
hosted by the USS Hornet museum in Alameda (the Hornet is the ship that
recovered both Apollo 11 and 12). 

I'm putting this bug out early since the event runs 10 days and they
would like us to man a table. Even if we can't staff it the whole 10 days
(although that would be ideal), we have to keep it stocked with fliers
and literature. They can provide us with a TV and DVD player so that we
can keep Greg Wong's demo disk running continuously. There is also
security so that we can keep models on display (especially Saturn V's,
natch).

Here's the cool part. They have asked me since the beginning if we could
put on some sort of live demo for the weekend shows. This would be every
two hours from late morning 'till late afternoon. I said that I couldn't
imagine launching rockets off the deck into the bay, but then suggested
maybe doing an RC/RG flight. We can launch off the ship athwartship (that
means sideways), fly around just off to one side and when the crowd has
had enough, bring it back in for a landing on the flight deck! Laura (the
lady coordinating this) thought that this was just too cool for words.
That means we're going to need quite a few pilots since there are four
demos a day (maybe five) for the four weekend days of the event. LUNAR
will be glad to pay for your consumables on this.

OK everyone, let's mark our calendars and figure out who's going to be
showing what, and how we're going to man the tables!

- Jack


Jack Hagerty, ARA Press 
www.arapress.com
Phone/fax (925) 455-1143
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