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The Nitrous Boys. John Poulin's NOS Cruiser boosts on a Hypertek J330. At right, Rob Bazinet and John Poulin discuss their Hypertek projects while Rob's EZI-65 waits to fly on a Hypertek J250.

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Rob Bazinet's EZI-65 pulsates skyward on a Hypertek J250. The rocket recovered very close by. Too close for Mike Casey's truck. That's his mom inside! There was no damage and everyone had a good laugh.

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Rob Bazinet's BSD Sprint on an H210R, and another view of Rob's LOC EZI-65 on a Hypertek J250.

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Rick Polzello's Endeavor lifts off from the away pads on a Cesaroni I285 on it's way to 2,281 feet and a nice dual deployment recovery less than 100 feet from the pad. Dual deployment is the way to go when the winds of Sterling are blowing! Jason Hick's EZ-I65 boosts on Cesaroni H153. Finally, Alex Immerman's Bullpuppy rips away on a G35W.

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1) John Poulin and his NOS Cruiser at the moment of J330 Hypertek ignition.
2) Mike Casey wires his LOC I-Roc (Aerotech I435T), while Rick Polzello "lends a hand".
3) Jay Calvert and his PML Ariel, ready to drop 30 chocolate bars on the crowd from 900' (H238T).

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Mark Masullo's Estes Heatseeker takes off on an ill fated flight on an A8. The rocket went unstable about 10 feet off the pad and crashed. Len Haze's Estes Plan Scott B can be seen at center boosting on a B6-0 while ??'s ?? waits it's turn. After Len's Scott B staged to a B6-6 and went unstable, Len was heard saying "That didn't work right!". At right, Alex Giosa's PML 1/4 Patriot zips skyward on an Aerotech G80T.

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Rob Bazinet's LOC Magnum roars off the rail on a Kosdon K700. This motor was very loud and the echo could be heard bouncing off the area woods. The flight was fast and had a picture perfect dual deployment recovery with a reported altitude of 2,554' and landing near the launch area.

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Here Rick Polzello's "Scuderia" almost clears the rail on an Aerotech J415W. This stretched LOC Magnum is painted to match the Scuderia Ferrari's formula 1 race team. The red has been matched to the Ferrari color, but the vinyl sponsor logos have yet to be applied. (Much thanks to Advanced Graphics of Stratford) The rocket had a nearly perfect dual deployment flight to 2,381 feet. You've gotta love the smoke & flame of large White Lightning motors.

1) Rob Bazinet's LOC Magnum on a Kosdon K700.
2) Rick Polzello's "Scuderia" on an Aerotech J415W.

1) Rick Polzello and his PML Endeavor.
2) Lift off on a Cesaroni I285.
3) Touch down on John's Hypertek pad!

1) Rick Polzello's Scuderia on a J415W.
2) Josh Drummond's Sky Digger on a cluster of one I357T and two G35W Econojets.

1) Ulf Jonsson and Troy Heidtmann trying to bribe contest director John Poulin.
2) An Estes Skywinder flying on Eric Jonsson power.

1) "Tappet Brother" Bill Dauphin showing his C streamer duration entry, which doubles as an egg lofter!
2) Len Haze and his upscale Mosquito, both sporting CATO colors.  Len is the one on the right.
3) Dave "A president's work is never done" Sousa.  Take a last good look at the CATO trailer, 'cause it's going away.  Stand by for the release of CATO Trailer version 2.00 beta.

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LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS and STATS:

Frequent Flyers: Jay Calvert flew 8 flights (7 contest) while Len Haze managed 7. Ulf Jonsson arrived late but still flew 5 times as did Alex Immerman and Brian Bassett.

Clusters: Only Josh Drummond flew a cluster today. His Sky Digger burned a Cesaroni I357 and a pair of G35W's.

Classic Kits:

Multi-Stage Flights: Only Len Haze tempted the fates of the wind with a multistage flight. His Estes Plan Scott B flew a B6-0 to B6-6 combo for a slightly less than perfect flight.

Notable Flights: Rob Bazinet and John Poulin both had Hypertek powered rockets buzzing off of John's nice custom rail set-up. Rob flew an EZI -65 on a J250 and John flew his NOS Cruiser on a J330. Rob also flew his Magnum on a Kosdon K700 for an impressive and very LOUD display of APCP power. Rick Polzello's "Scuderia" burned a J415W during another flight of a large rocket off the rail. Jay Calvert had a very long helicopter duration flight go for naught when the launch wires to the Estes pads became crossed. No one timed what was a superb flight of his RotaRoc into the woods. Jay also staged a candy drop with his Ariel. 30 candy bars were ejected at 900 feet.

Motor CATOs: Happily, none.

Contests: Today's NAR Open Meet featured three events: B Helicopter Duration, C Parachute Duration, and D Streamer Duration.  Prizes were awarded for the top place in each event.  A and T Divisions were combined for BHD.  A and B Divisions were combined, and C and T Divisions wee combined in CPD and DSD.

CATO 60 Open Meet

NAME / DIVISION	TIME (seconds) (* = returned)	PLACE	CONTEST POINTS	PRIZE
BHD
Bill Dauphin (Tappet Brothers) (T)	28* + (no second flight) = 28	1st (A+T)	420	-
Eric Jonsson (A)	11* + 6* = 17	2nd (A+T)	252	-
Ulf Jonsson (C)	44* + 125 = 169	1st (C)	420	SAAB 372 kit from TLP
Jay Calvert (C)	21* + DQ (no blade deploy) = 21	2rd (C)	252	-
CPD
Alex Immerman (B)	56* + 37* = 93	1st (A+B)	180	-
Troy Heidtmann (A)	24* + (no second flight) = 24	2nd (A+B)	108	-
Brad Dibble (C)	97 + 42* = 139	1st (C+T)	180	Standard AGM-78 kit from TLP
Jay Calvert (C)	118 + 19* = 137	2nd (C+T)	108	-
Bill Dauphin (Tappet Brothers) (T)	15* + (no second flight)	3rd (C+T)	72	-
Ulf Jonsson (C)	185 + (no second flight)	flight points	18	-
DSD
Troy Heidtmann (A)	42* + DQ (separation)	1st (A+B)	220	-
Alex Immerman (B)	31* + (no second flight)	2nd (A+B)	132	-
Brad Dibble (C)	66* + 50* = 116	1st (C+T)	220	Scimitar kit from TLP
John Poulin (C)	53* + 48* = 101	2nd (C+T)	132	-
Josh Drummond (non-NAR adult)	35* + 35* = 70	-	-	-
Bill Dauphin (Tappet Brothers) (T)	(no track) + 41* = 41	3rd (C+T)	88	-
Jay Calvert (C)	148 + DQ (separation)	flight points	22	-
Ulf Jonsson (C)	80 + DQ (unstable)	flight points	22	-
Zachary Lau (C)	DQ (separation) + (no second flight)	-	0	-
CATO60 Meet Totals
Bill Dauphin (Tappet Brothers) (T)	-	1st	580
Ulf Jonsson (C)	-	2nd	460
Brad Dibble (C)	-	3rd	400
Jay Calvert (C)	-	4th	382
Troy Heidtmann (A)	-	5th	328
Alex Immerman (B)	-	6th	312
Eric Jonsson (A)	-	7th	252
John Poulin (C)	-	8th	132
Zachary Lau (C)	-	-	0
Year to Date Totals (2000/2001 contest season)
Jay Calvert (C)	-	1st	2166
John Poulin (C)	-	2nd	1724
Ulf Jonsson (C)	-	3rd	1444
Les Kurz (C)	-	4th	1004
Rick Polzello (C)	-	5th	804
Alex Immerman (B)	-	6th	672
Bill Dauphin (Tappet Brothers) (T)	-	7th	580
Eric Jonsson (A)	-	8th	540
Brad Dibble (C)	-	9th	400
Troy Heidtmann (A)	-	10th	328
Spencer Poulin (A)	-	11th	216
Sean Hogan (C)	-	12th	192
Alex Calvert (A)	-	13th	120
Rob Bazinet (C)	-	14th	104
Jeannine Lawall (C)	-	15th	0
Sergey Semenov (C)	-	15th	0
Zachary Lau (C)	-	15th	0

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