Newsletters - Aeropac/Arliss

Founded 1989 the Association of Experimental Rocketry of the Pacific (AeroPAC) is a Northern California and Northern Nevada prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association. and ARLISS is a NAR Section. AeroPAC predates its involvement with Tripoli and has roots in the earliest times of high-power rocketry. Here are many of our past newsletters chronicalling our history. Aeronaut AeroPAC's newsletter Got any old newsletters not listed here? We'd love to post them! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2021	Spring 2021 Sonoma State's New Rocketry Program About SEDS Build Light, Fly High! Equipment Cleaning Party
2020	Spring 2020 XPRS Loft Duration / Extreme Altitude Contest Continues Tribute to James Marino AEROPAC / ROC Night Launch Challenge ARLISS Lite: Mid to High Power 3D Printed High Performance Airframes for Small Satellites S4 2020 Pocket Cubes Are The New Cansats Fall 2020 NASA Student Launch James Marino’s Final Flight ARLISS M S4 PocketQube 2020 AEROPAC Flight Counts ARLISS 2020 - NOT REALLY S4 PocketQube 54mm Falcon 9 ARLISS Lite Airframe COVID Madness: 3D Printed Rockets How Not to Spend the Summer Solstice
2019	Spring 2019 The Wheel of Death BLM Decision on Burning Man 50 for 50 Apollo Tribute Trailer Makeover Trailer Re-organization Thunda Down Unda, Part 1 Beginnings of High Power Rocketry Small Satellites for Secondary Students Fall 2019 Sumio Sawa's XPRS Adventure Saturn 50 / 50 Challenge ARLISS 2019 Thunda Down Unda, Part 2 2019 Launch Director's Report XPRS Extreme Altitude / Loft winners OPED: Let’s Keep the XPRS Contest Alive! Rocket, the Dog RIP The Silver Bullet The Dogs of XPRS Jim and Becky’s Trip Tribulations Also - T-shirts, Night Launch, 2 Stage, CATOS
2018	Spring 2018 Fin Fillets by Jim Green Rising Data Costa Rica Team at UNISEC 1/24 Scale SpaceX Falcon 9 AEROPAC Equipment Cleaning Northern Nevada Rocket Clubs S4 Rocket Design: Mach 1.5 Rocket Build Rocket Propellant Composition Fall 2018 The Historic Flight of PHX4 ARLISS 2018 20th Anniversary Launch 2018 XPRS Contests Winners AEROPAC 2018 Flight Totals Costa Rica Rocks the Playa! 2018 Aeropac Launch Director Report More Photos by Jim Wilkerson
2017	Spring 2017 Pink O Project, John Ballard AEROPAC Cleaning Party, Peter Hacket 2017 S4: Technology and Program Overview, Ken Biba and Paul Hopkins 2017 S4: Opportunity for TARC Finalists, Ken Biba 2017 S4: Students Earth Science with Smart Eggs, Ken Biba 54MM-MD-1, Juniper Slouber More Awards for Dr. Cominsky Fall 2017 Trip to SpaceX Ryan Sebastian 1988-2017 Snakes Are No More 75mm XPRS Project 2017 Launch Director’s Report OSU Prof Certs L3, Flies ARLISS ARLISS 2017 8 Years to Recover The Rest of the Story Fall 2017 (Vol 2) Airspace, Rockets and You Bill Lewis ARLISS 2017 Costa Rica Team Experience Costa Rica Team Wins Micro-Sat Competition Becky Green Flies High So You Want To Go To A Launch On The Other Side Of The Country 2017 Flight Count Totals It all Starts Somewhere The Last of the Kosdons Paris Family Celebrates 10 years Oregon State Flies High at BR
2016	Spring 2 016 Recognition, Awards for Dr. Lynn Cominsky Project ARQUE AEROPAC’s New Wireless Launch System ARLISS Date Logger Project—Part 2 AEROPAC 2016 Equipment Cleaning Party TRA’s > 50k’ Black Rock Flight Process ARLISS Flyers Support Magnitude.io Stem Education Program / Chat with Magnitude.io Fall 2016 Annual Member Meeting Notes Flying the PrepoSTerous AT M2500 Oregonians Fly Tapioca Joe at XPRS Oregon N Power at XPRS 2016 Launch Director’s Report 2016 Flight Stats and Totals XPRS Altitude Contest Winners XPRS Loft Duration Contest ARLISS 2016 Continuation of a Dream Winter 2016 First Impressions of Black Rock - John Hochheimer BAR’s Truck Catches Fire - Editor Richard Hagen’s Rocket “Mostly Motor” - Tony Alcocer High Powered Young Rocketeers The Jackson’s Light up the Night Sky - Jonathan DuBose SSU Trains Teachers on Rockets and Drones - Lynn Cominsky 2015 to the present: XPRS Altitude Records - Darryl Paris A Year in the Life of Rocketry - Becky Green Greg Ruhf’s Level 3 - Greg Ruhf
2015	Spring 2015 High Altitude Reminder TARC to ARLISS transition Fruity Chute Data Collection Aerodynamic Drag Primer Road Trip to OROC AEROPAC Equipment Update Equipment Cleaning Party Common Rocketry Problems and the Cures Fall 2015 Sacramento’s Moon Rockets, Book Review XPRS High Power Contest Winners XPRS Loft Duration Contest Winners Purple Passion, M Rocket to 19,506’ TAS Express, 2 Stage to 44k’ Full Bore Linear Panic, 2 Stage to 55k’ Phoenix 4, 2 Stage to 96k’ Destroy Saturn V! S4 Updates 2015 Launch Director’s Report Community Outreach ARLISS 2015 Report Dreams Can Come True
2014	Spring 2014 AEROPAC’s 2014 Engineering Party Photos from Rail Cleaning Party Phoenix EX Project — Curt Von Delius ARLISS Extreme – Ken Biba Small Satellites for Secondary Schools—Lynn Cominsky Fall 2014 Mudrock Flight Stats Aeronaut, ARLISS/XPRS Stats XPRS Contest Winners Honeybadger 59k', Mach 3.9 S-IVB testing in Sacremento ARLISS 2014 2014 Launch Directors Report
2013	End of Year Edition 2013 Help Wanted AEROPAC Officers and BOD In Memoriam Laura Hagen -AEROPAC’s New Rail ARLISS 2014 Report 3 Miles High, Scoutcraft at Black Rock Saturn S-IVB Testing in Sacramento XPRS Contest Winners Senza Confini (!)54 Launch Director’s Report Mudding It On The Playa ARLISS Data Logger Project
2012	MudRock Launch Report 2012 June 2012 President's Pad Small Satellites for Secondary Students AeroPAC Test Stand ARLISS 2012 An impact crater or what?
2011	July 2011 President's Pad Mudrock Wrap-up -Peter Clay Reflections - Jeff Rauh From the launch director - Peter Clay Virtual Classroom Overview Did you know? (About an alternative non Ham radio tracking device from MEW) MudRock 2011 and MODIS Imagery - Patrick Wagner Don Milhollan tribute.
2009	May 2009 Engineering Party CFO Report Community Outreach Looking Ahead to XPRS ARLISS 10th anniversary ARLISS 2009 Pamplet ARLISS Committee update Did you know? (Black Rock Desert was once an acient lake) Watts in the Desert - Richard Hagen Launch Operations - Seth Wallace July 2009 President's Pad High Definition Rocketry ARLISS Committee Report Elections Did You Know? (In the early 80s the Naval Weapons Center developed an extremely simple and cheap surface-to-air missile simulation rocket) Community Outreach September 2009 President's Pad XPRS Rules and Contests Frequency Allocations ARLISS Allocations ROCKET FEVER (adapted poem) Tripoli Research Launches ‐ FAQ Did you know? (High Altitude Wind Speed, Direction and Air Temperature at Black Rock, Nevada for Amateur Rocketry Application)
2002	Feb 2002 First Commissioner’s Corner - Tom Rouse Tom Cloud Memorial - Tony Alcocer Our Unconventional L3 - Tony Alcocer Creating Fiberglass Tubing - Tom Cloud AERO-PAC on the Web - John Coker and Paul Campbell Minutes of the Members Meeting May 2002 First Commissioner’s Corner - John Coker Motor Making Demo at Mudroc - Bob Fortune From the Launch Director - Steve Preston How We Got Into EX - Tony Alcocer August 2002 First Commissioner’s Corner - John Coker BOAR: A Flight of Many Firsts - Dewayne Doud BLM Fire Suppression Supplies - Steve Preston “MudRoc” Was! - John Coker Minutes of the Board Meeting
2001	May 2001 First Commissionerís Corner Tripoli Fresno and AERO-PAC March Altitude Contest - The Raisin Fly Off Aerobee 170 - Mark Mazzon Nike-Asp - John Coker Minutes of the board meeting
2000	February 2000 First Commissionerís Corner Hercules 2-stage M (or, what I learned about Mach) - Richard Amstadter Minutes of the board meeting May 2000 First Commissionerís Corner December Meeting Photos - Steven Preston The New Portal Offices - Al Frazier Electrical Current Requirements of Rocket Igniters - Robert Briody New Range Setup -Tom Rouse Minutes of the board meeting
1999	March 1999 The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn Message from the Treasurer - William Walby Kitchen Table Vacuum Bagging - John Coker May 1999 The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn Postmortem on the MaxRAM - Gordon Hom Hayburner Kodak Moments July 1999 Acting 1st Commish’s Comments - William Walby AERO-PAC/BLM Black Rock Work Party Microsoft Does Rockets - Mike Pearson Minutes of May 29 Meeting August 1999 The First Commish’s Corner - William Walby Aeronaut 99 - Tom Rouse The Economy of Aerotech 76mm Reloadable System - Gordon Horm Members Meeting notes November 1999 The First Commish’s Corner - William Walby BLM Work Party A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites - ARLISS Roadtrips and Rockets - Bob Fortune Volunteers - Mike Vaughn Member Meeting notes
1998	April 1998 The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn Minutes, Aeropac Board Meeting: Feb 15, 1998 T-Shirt Design Contest Gravity Powered Rockets - Mike Vaughn Membership notes
1997	January 1997 The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi Rocketry In Japan - Mike Vaughn May 1997 The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi T-Shirt Design Contest Treasurer’s Note - William Walby A Walk Through History - Randolph Mitchell Launch Director’s Note - Mike Penner June 1997 The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi MUDROC LIVES UP TO ITS NAME ONCE AGAIN! - William F. Walb
1996	November 1996 The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi FireBALLS 006 Members Meeting on December 8 Mid-West Regional Fun Fly - Mike Vaughn Membership Directory
1995	LDRS XIV and FireBALLS 005 registration Form
1994	February 1994 1994 Launch Schedule Elections results Range and Safety Regulations High Performance Rocketry Safety Rules Launch Area Diagram
1993	Spring / Summer 1993 AeroPAC donates to Tripoli Legal Fund Club News Rocket Projects Bay Area Launches Black Rock V Update Board Meeting Notes
1992	January 1992 Changes on AeroPAC board of directors Club News Black Rock III - Fun in the Sun - Bill Lewis Researching Information on Rocketry Subjects by Bill Lewis Technical Reports of Interest Aeronaut 2 - Snow and Cold Weather Rocketry - Bill Lewis Project Reports - Static Test Stand - Bill Lewis Project Reports - Hammer V1 - Bill and Dean Lewis April 1992 AeroPAC seeks Alternatives to Fiberglass Insulation Recovery Wadding Technical Information Exchange Club News Black Rock III Fireballs (Balls) 001 launch report - Bill Lewis Approximated Closed-Form Flight Performance Prediction Equations - Jim Gearhart
1991	Do you have them for this year?
1990	Do you have them for this year?
1989	Do you have them for this year?

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