SOUTH  EASTERN  VIRGINIA  ROCKETRY  ASSOCIATION

Boy Scout/SEVRA Event:

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Rocket-Ree Flyer.pdf
Large Rocket-Ree event with ~250 Boy Scouts from 9AM - 3PM was held Nov. 6, 2010 at Fentress Field, Chesapeake, VA. Space Shuttle Astronaut, and former Boy Scout, Col. Ken Cameron, and NAR President, Captain Trip Barber, were the guest speakers!!

                       
    Col. Ken Cameron                            Capt. Trip Barber

Club events - Low, mid, and high power demonstrations, rockets on display, Club tables 
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Boy Scout POC - Tom Devlin at (757) 339-9595 or tomdevlin@verizon.net
Boy Scouts and rockets - http://www.bsarocketry.org/
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Results - 171 A size motor launches, 47 B size motor launches (Alpha III), 12 C size motor launches (Alpha III). About 218 rocketeers.

Each Scout that launched a rocket received a certificate signed by Col Cameron and Capt. Barber. Each also received a bag with NASA items and souvenirs. Some others also won prizes such as rocket kits.     

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Message from NAR President, Captain Trip Barber -

Thanks for the opportunity to attend your Rocket-Ree event yesterday, and thanks to all of the members of SEVRA for their commitment to outreach and "paying forward" to get young people interested in rocketry and the NAR.  And it was great to get to meet all the members of SEVRA and see what your section is all about.

You all did a fine job inventing, organizing, and executing the Rocket-Ree event. I thought it went off without a hitch, despite the challenges of on-the-field building in the cold wind and the large numbers of inexperienced builders and fliers.  It seemed like the young Scouts (and most importantly, their parents) had a great experience with rocketry and with SEVRA as a result of your planning and work.  This is just the kind of activity that we need each section in the NAR to do at least once or twice per year in order to keep our hobby and our NAR alive for the long term and to build enthusiasm in America's young people to become the next generation of aerospace professionals.

Well done to all of you!

Trip Barber
NAR 4322
NAR President
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Pictures:

Links:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78604807@N00/sets/72157625333518174/

http://picasaweb.google.com/wilsotr/SEVRARocketree?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ3LkZDB_teuIA#

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Astronaut Ken Cameron:

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Captain Trip Barber:

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Scouts:

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Club Members:

Setup

                                    Joe V.                                                  Joe Z. receiving his Level One pin

              Jeff G. receiving his Level Three pin                Blair C.

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Rocket Demos:

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Dinner after Rocket-Ree:

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