Launch Report for February 16th, 1982
(Written on Sunday, August 20th, 2000 based on flight logs from 1982/02/16)

My friend Tony & I were out for another after school winter launch and I brought my first Estes Alpha III along with my Estes Big Foot launch pad.  The skies were clear and there was a light breeze coming in out of the east.

Flight 23, 2nd flight this year
Estes Alpha III 01 on a Centuri A8-3 for its 6th flight
This flight was my first use of a Centuri motor.  I had originally ordered a dozen Canaroc A8-3's along with a bunch of other Canaroc motors, but they didn't have any more of the Canaroc A8-3's so they substituted the more expensive Centuri ones instead.  It was a beautiful flight and it's hard to say whether this would classify as my first evening flight since the sky was becoming a darker blue which made the flight look that much better.  The chute ejected, but it didn't open though and it came down fins first on the ice.... no damage though.

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