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 →
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 →
8/05/2022 Glenn Miller Orchestra at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY – Big Band Swing music at its finest! $60 VIP front line tickets include champagne reception with some of the band members immediately following the show! $40 Indoor seating places you inside our big hangar close to the band. $25 Outdoor seating – Bring your own lawn chair and enjoy the performance outside our hangar doors! Period Garb is encouraged but not required. Dancing included with a complementary swing style refresher lesson prior to the performance at 6:30PM. … Continue reading →
April 28, 2022 Since MARS became a Tripoli Prefecture we have been trying to host Ben and Elaine Russel’s “Introduction to Experimental Propellant Class”. But the last few years have been fraught with peril. NO MORE…. on Saturday night of NYPOWER @ 7PM in the Swanson building, rain or shine the class will go on! This really is a must attend for any ADULT Rocketeer even if you don’t aspire to making your own motors. Followed by Todd Smith’s Class “Managing Risk in High Power Rocketry” This one-hour course will … Continue reading →
Rocket season is right around the corner. We think everyone is looking forward to a great flying season. Your MARS board of Trustee’s, and Your Committees have been very busy the last few months, but now we need your help! Our “Main Event”, NYPOWER will soon be here and we need to do some maintenance, inspect, clean, and inventory the equipment. We will have a Cleanup Party April 30th at 10am in the parking lot of the National Warplane Museum. Many hands make lite work, we all know that, so … Continue reading →
Since before NARAM a few club members have been discussing MARS hosting Rocketry Training classes. We have a few lined up: Basic recovery systems and parachute folding Beginning in Dual Deployment Creating stickers using hobby vinyl cutting machines Building a High Performance Mach Buster (aka an Evan Brown Burner!) We are working on more advanced classes in Casting your own Propellant We are going to start with……. Managing Risk in High-Power Rocketry This one-hour course will introduce the concept of Risk Management in High Power Rocketry. The course will include … Continue reading →
Our first launch of 2022! 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 →
The MARS Board of Trustee’s has decided that the 2021 flying season is NOT Over quite yet! Mark your Calendars for November 20 and 21st. The Launch Weather permitting is still a GO, but…. Due to some unfortunate unforeseen circumstances the “FriendsGiving” Dinner has to be cancelled! We are as disappointed as you, Trust me! The theme for this event is “As GOD is my Witness, I thought turkeys could FLY”
Continue reading →For the Third year in a row MARS website has placed top 3, Second Year IN A ROW, MARS has won the NAR Website Excellence Award! Each contest year, the Section Activity Committee of the National Association of Rocketry presents a Website Excellence Award for the top four Section websites. The winners are announced at NARAM and are presented with plaques. They also earn the right to display the award results on their website along with the appropriate Website Award Burst. Unlike the LAC Newsletter Award, no submissions are required. The only … Continue reading →
As Many of you are aware “Team Jurus” Dennis, Janice and Troy have moved to the sunshine state of Florida, they will be missed but MARS will Continue. As nature abhors a vacuum, a Pair of Dan’s and Greg Young have stepped up to fill a HUGE VOID! Dan MacNeal will be taking over for Janice as the MARS Treasurer. Dan, from Gasport NY is a father of three with a grandson on the way. A Level -2 flyer, he is an avid R/C enthusiast, Scout Master, Ham radio operator, … Continue reading →
