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4/29/26 METRA Launch May 2-3 is a GO!

The weather looks great, though still a bit cool, so please dress accordingly.

Please remember to bring food and water, we will not have a food vendor this weekend.

If you can, bring a gallon of water for our fire suppression gear, it is much appreciated.

This will be a busy weekend, we expect a lot of flyers and spectators will join us, so be prepared to fly early.

Please come by 9am and help with setup so it goes quickly – a mandatory flyer’s safety meeting will follow.

If you plan to certify this weekend: Be sure to come by 9am, and help with setup – shortly after, find either Andy Cook (Tripoli, Saturday ONLY) or Dave Mosher or Rick Comshaw (NAR, both days) and let us know when you will be ready for your flight. Print and fill out the appropriate Tripoli or NAR certification form and bring it with you. For L2 flights, bring a printed copy showing you passed the L2 exam online. Of course, also bring your Tripoli and/or NAR membership card(s). More detail is found here: https://metrarocketclub.org/launch-info/ Be sure you join METRA before the launch here: https://metrarocketclub.org/join-renew-v2/ If you join METRA later this week, please print the receipt and bring it along.

Looking forward to a nice weekend of flying!

3/25/26 METRA Launch March 28-29 is a GO!

The weather looks good for the weekend, and there is no snow left on the field, so we are GO! for launch. It will be cold, so please dress accordingly.

We will not have a food vendor this weekend, so be sure to bring your own food and drinks. We are looking for a new food vendor as Llyod and Nadine have retired – Thanks so much to them for all the years they came to METRA! If you know of someone that might want to be a food vendor at launches, see Dave Mosher on the field.

Just a reminder – you need to plan to take any garbage with you when you leave the field.

If you can, please bring a gallon of water you can leave in the container – we use this to fill our fire extinguishers and keep them filled during the season.

Saturday morning starting at 9am we will be cleaning and preparing our equipment for the season. With lots of people helping, it goes pretty quickly. We will fly rockets after it is done. As usual, if you want to fly Saturday, you have to be there by 9am and help with the cleanup. As a bonus, if you help with the cleanup, you will not need to pay a flight fee for the weekend. If you don’t help out, you will not fly Saturday, but can come Sunday and pay a flight fee to fly. We have cleaning supplies, but please bring your own gloves. When you arrive, see Dave Mosher and he will give you a wristband to show that you helped out.

Make sure your Tripoli and/or NAR dues are paid up for 2026, and that you have paid your METRA membership dues as well.

Hope to see you all Saturday!

3/22/26 METRA Launch March 28-29, 2026

We are fast coming up on our first launch of the season. I hope everyone is getting psyched for another year of rocket flying! If you have not built any new rockets yet – you have a week still, so get busy!

Right now the weather looks promising, but we will make a final call on the launch Wednesday night – watch the METRA website for a final GO or NO GO for the launch by Thursday.

Please renew your METRA membership online – the sooner the better, so we can have an accurate membership list this weekend. If you do join just right before the launch, print out the receipt and bring it along.

We are continuing to update some of our gear, and will have some new pads this year for 1515 rails!

As always at our first launch of the season, Saturday morning will be our equipment clean up time. When we are done, we will fly for the rest of the day. Note that if you do not arrive by 9am and help with the cleanup, you will not be able to fly Saturday. The added bonus for those that do help out will be no flying fee for the weekend. If you can only come Sunday you will need to pay a flight fee. More details on the cleanup will follow by Thursday.

See you there!

1/3/26 Welcome to the 2026 METRA flying season!

Our 2026 schedule has been posted to the website! Please check it out!

Our first launch is scheduled for March 28-29, so get building! In the past weather has interfered with the March date, so we will just have to see what happens. Details for the cleanup will follow the week before the launch.

Please pay your membership dues online. We make it easy on the website using paypal. Check out the option to pay the entire season’s flight fees at once and save some bucks!

You will also need to fill out and sign a membership form and waiver for the 2026 season. You can bring these to the first launch, where they will be collected at the RSO table. Why not get it done now and put it with your gear so you don’t forget it? Finally, please make sure your Tripoli/NAR membership(s) are up to date.

Let’s have a great flying season!