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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone tried Mountain View High School?
They have a large field, but it's been recently redone so they may be more
protective of it. I think the City controls it (they control most of the
school fields in Mtn Vw). I know the City of Mtn Vw will allow launches at
appropriate locations if arranged properly (at least they do for Boy Scouts who
have connections in the police department!). Just wondering if anyone has
checked this possibility.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> - SteveP</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ikluft@thunder.sbay.org href="mailto:ikluft@thunder.sbay.org">Ian
Kluft</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=brad.johanson@gmail.com
href="mailto:brad.johanson@gmail.com">Brad Johanson</A> ; <A
title=ba-rockets@lists.markspace.com
href="mailto:ba-rockets@lists.markspace.com">Bay Area Model Rockets Discussion
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 13, 2004 7:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BA-Rockets] Launch sites in
the Bay Area</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 06:46:03PM -0800, Brad Johanson
wrote:<BR>> I hope somebody works out a launch site for the South Bay
soon.<BR><BR>Keep looking. This search isn't just for the BayNAR
organizers. Any of<BR>us with an idea or contacts in good places need to
help by bringing those<BR>forward.<BR><BR>All the obvious places like junior
college campuses have been tried.<BR><BR>Perhaps if anyone has contacts with a
school district that has a field<BR>large enough, you could talk with your
contacts about it with them.<BR><BR>Also, I think all the cities in the area
have rules agianst launching<BR>model rockets in their municipal parks.
I know San Jose does. Under<BR>the current rules, we can't consider any
of them.<BR><BR>But if we can select some good locations, maybe we can lobby
one or more<BR>cities to designate one or more specific parks as allowing
rocket launches,<BR>even if just at organized launch events under NAR safety
rules. (Actually,<BR>I think specifically referring to NAR safety rules
would be key to getting<BR>support for this.) It would help to enlist
the assistance of a city<BR>council member in any city in the South Bay for
that, if anyone knows one.<BR><BR>Perhaps we might start making a "wish list"
of parks in the area to have<BR>ready when the time comes that we convince a
local politician to help.<BR>"Yes, we have a wish list and some of your city's
parks are on it."<BR>--<BR>>From ba-rockets.<BR>Visit our home page at <A
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