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Show Hortop June Seen a rubber chicken in the sky? Sports Utah rocketeers create, launch all sorts of rockets by Jennifer Edmonds Hilltop Times C C high-powere- members are just as creative. "Dave Sadler's father made a rocket out of Coca-Col- a cans and Randy Red flew a wif fle ball bat and a football," C )c2Uracle V Pageant June 18-2- 0, Willis said. "He could probably make a kitchen sink fly." senior advisor Frank Hunt also joined in the fun. He said he is the only rocketeer in the world to fly a three-legge- d rubber chicken. There are many facets of rocketry and levels of competition - from grade schools kids to grandpas like me. It's open to everybody of all ages," Hunt said. "The youngest member to launch was 2 years old," Sadler said. "And yes, he was assisted by his parents." Willis works in the Integrated Test Facility for the ICBM System Program Office on base, and got involved with the club in 1996. "I started with kid stuff," Willis said. "I got involved about a year and a half ago when one of our engineers came back to the shop from lunch one day with some rocket stuff he got on clearance. I asked him what he had and it piqued my interest so I went and got some stuff on clearance too. We took them out and shot them, and I thought that was kind of cool. So I've just been working my way through the certification processes. "The people who founded the group are still there, and they have seen the technology and have enhanced and changed it to where it is today. Ten years ago, a G motor would have been a big motor, but now we are up to O motors. There are some really outrageous projects coming from Nebraska and Arizona to the Tripoli event They are going to push the limits on the window." fl 1 The national rocket competition, also known as - Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships, is hosted rocket annually by Tripoli, an international lugh-poworganization and the only organization formally sanctioned to use experimental rocketry. LDRS began in LDRS er 1 f 6lk?-3 Photo by Jennifer Edmonds Utah Rocket Club member Dale Willis shows off his level-thrrocket and the nose of the one he is building for the Tripoli event The nose of the completed rocket is made of coffee and tea cans and flour and sugar. The main body Is made of fuel pipe and covered with kitchen contact paper. members use recycled materials to Although many build their rockets, Willis said the rocketeers are serious about their sport. Ohio 17 years ago and will be held in Utah for the first time this year. The launch will be at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Aug. "Brad reserved 360 rooms at Wendover, and 350 were filled by the second week of May, and a lot of people will See Rockets, page 18 6-- The Welcome! I ; C staff Where can you see pudding cups flying across the skies besides during a food fight in a school cafeteria? Try the Pony Express Range. At the range, spectators are likely to see everything from pudding containers, coffee cans and rubber chickens - to feather dusters, spearing through the clouds. The Pony Express Range is the launch site for the member Dale Utah Rocket Club. According to Willis, model rocketry started in the 1940s and began in Utah with the Wasatch Area Rocket Program, called WARP. formed in 1990, combined with WARP shortly after that, and in eight years, has grown from six to 60 members. The rocketeers meet on a monthly basis to show off d the models they have created and launch their rockets. They also participate in national competitions twice a year in both divisions and an annual world competition. "There are some guys in the club who can launch anything if given a big enough motor," Willis said. "I've launched everything from toilet paper tubes to feather dusters and a rocket made from tea and coffee cans and pudding cups. It looked like a Christmas dinner recipe, certification but it flew good. That was my level-thre- e rocket" Other I 4, 1998 23-2- 7, 1998 Largest Outdoor Pageant in the 1 tt5 : 1 U UM Up To 25 rafts canoes G ltayaits Sales & Rentals & Full Kayak ,46 Soothes the savage heat. Beyond Cool Off Selected items ril'J'Jfrlf y ? jl33t -- Rafting Equipment CELLULAR PHONE PLUS 100 FREE MINUTES AIR TIME more Purchase orapply wany $50.00 Fee additional, tome restriction may Set-u- p vjaoacchf I raffirwtimnr!JimiiM,ir.iifMjji.i!iCTinBTR 697 W. Riverdale Rd. 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