Author Archives: Crimson Star

The Edmonton Rocketry Club plans a model rocket launch almost each month, weather permitting. Recently, rain and/or high winds caused many launchings to be cancelled, but we finally gathered in Calmar on July 2, even if the field was a … Continue reading →

Although I flew a few amateur rockets over sixty years ago, I didn’t fly my first model rocket until recently. This first model was made from an Estes kit, and is called a Crossfire ISX. It is 16″ tall and … Continue reading →

The Edmonton Rocketry Club held a public rocket launch today, in Calmar, Alberta. The weather was great and the field was relatively dry. There were thirty or forty people and lots of rockets, big and small (people and rockets). All … Continue reading →

I became interested in model rocketry while a Boy Scout, attending the 50th Anniversary Jamboree in Colorado Springs, in 1960.  There was a model rocket launch that introduced many of us to what was, back then, a new hobby. My … Continue reading →