June Launch
Club Member Release MARS Board of Directors June 21, 2023 The weather is looking awful for this weekend so we are scrubbing. see you in July!
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NYPOWER 25
As you probably realize NYPOWER is next weekend! The Registration team wants to kindly remind everyone to bring your NAR or Tripoli cards and be prepared to show them at registration, this is REALLY Important! If you haven’t already signed up for a range shift please do so on the website at https://marsclub.org/range-duty-volunteer/ Lastly, the setup Party begins Friday morning around 10AM the club will be buying lunch, many hands make lite work!
Continue reading →Cleanup Party went well
Our annual Cleanup party went really well. With NYPOWER only a few weeks away it is time to focus on that. The Range Duty Volunteer form is now online, https://marsclub.org/range-duty-volunteer/ It is easy to use, just login, click the range duty and time slot, click submit. While I am here, many of us have renewed our dues, the membership team thanks you! With that a lot of us have NOT registered for or purchased NYPOWER Tshirts or Raffle tickets, that saddens the NYPOWER Registration team as it means more work … Continue reading →
New Waiver
Club Member Release MARS Board of Directors April 13, 2023 Last month, we had announced that there were some changes to our waiver situation and altitude limits. The MARS Board is pleased to announce that, with the assistance of the former waiver holder and a new waiver holder stepping up for the club, we have secured a new waiver allowing flights up to 8,000 feet. As previously mentioned, flights over 6,000 feet will require approval in advance of the flight. Now that we know our final waiver limit, we will … Continue reading →
Tripoli / Waiver Update
Club Member Release MARS Board of Directors March 9, 2023 In late February, our Tripoli Prefect approached the MARS board concerning our existing waiver and the inability of the Tripoli Board/Insurance company to adequately insure our launches going forward. Additional information was brought to our attention at that time regarding the impact of the adjacent Bed & Breakfast to our waiver and flight operations for Tripoli launches. After BOD discussion, we decided to eliminate our Tripoli Prefecture, rather than accept new risk and/or operate under a severely curtailed Tripoli altitude … Continue reading →
Build Session
The Solepoxy Bucket of Rockets is in need of some work. Come help Build/Re-Build some mod rockets for our Young Guests OR work on a few rockets of your own. MARS still has plenty of parts to build new or you can bring your own parts. These build sessions are always a GREAT time hopefully some of the museum folks will wander in and join us. Some of us may order out, you can bring a dish to pass there is a kitchen warm something up. **Please bring whatever tools … Continue reading →
Website updates Completed
YES, it is Renewal time! With all the spambots constantly doing what spambots do, we have to change the process a bit. Everyone needs to create a new account, sorry! During that process you will need to verity your email address before filling out the application, make sure you give us your correct address. From that email you will receive a link to the application, please make sure you fill out all the sections NAR/TRA number, cert lvl also please remember to list your kids names so we can make … Continue reading →
New Years Day 2023
Our first launch of 2023! News Year’s Day launches are a lot of fun, and what could be a better way to start the year off than friends, food, and flying rockets, you might even see a few Christmas trees or even some ornaments take flight! We know it’s tough to shake it out of the rack early on New Year’s Day, but you’ll be glad you did! We hope to be flying around 10am and it’s always nice to have extra help setting up, so if you can be … Continue reading →
FriendsGiving 2022 Weekend and Dinner
IF have haven’t already, MARK Your Calendars for November 5th and 6th, 2022 the MARS Friends-Giving Weekend. Flying this weekend will be open to ALL rocketeer’s from EVERY Club so invite your social media friends as well. We just need everyone to bring either their NAR or TRA cards, for insurance purposes. When you arrive, please check in at the Registration/Safety check tent and be prepared to show your TRA or NAR card. Where to stay?? There are lots of places, check out our Accommodations page. Just 8 minutes from … Continue reading →
Updating your Tripoli Membership
Hi all, it turns out not many of us who are members of Tripoli have properly recorded ourselves with Tripoli as members of MARS, aka “Tripoli of Western New York“. It has also come to our attention those who have are choosing the wrong club! We are “Tripoli of Western New York” NOT Tripoli MARS. So here is a basic set of instructions to help you out First login to your account on the Tripoli website http://tripoli.org Once you are logged in mouse over your name and click … Continue reading →