FlisKits 6th Anniversary Launch with CMASS!

This was our 6th sponsored anniversary launch with CMASS.  We've had good weather, bad weather, postponed and delayed events.  But what has always been the same, year after year, is how FlisKits is welcomed and congratulated at these annual excuses to fly rockets.

This year was no different.  We had to delay the launch by a week as the field hadn't been hayed yet.  But that only lead us to a picture perfect day of sun, cool temps and light winds.  We had regulars as well as many new faces attend, set up camp and either participate or just watch.

We had a lot of FlisKits kits in the air (more than a hundred near as I can figure) plus a whole host of other wonderful models both kits and scratch builts.  Low power and high filled the day.  My favorite part of the day was when someone would come to the booth with one of their FlisKits kits wanting to show me how they built it, painted it, modified it, or all of the above. :)

Another favorite part were all the kids, and there were a LOT of them, flying every manner of rocket too!  With the raffle going we had a never ending stream of kids coming by the booth, some for the very first time, some showing off their FlisKits creations.  It was all good.

We had drawings every hour, giving away Whatchamacallit kits.  We also had prizes (Morning Star kits) for the largest FlisFleet on the field, the largest number of FlisKits models flown and a drawing for a Rhino from kids bringing their own FlisKits models to our booth for inspection.

With all of this going on, I took it as an opportunity to test several new proto types for upcoming kits.  It was great to get to fly them and everyone seemed to enjoy the sneak peek too.  

And then there was cake.  We had a beautifully decorated 18" round cake that we served up as the hot-dog sales started to slow down shortly after noon.  Everyone who wanted cake was able to get a slice and that helped cap this wonderful celebration.

I want to thank everyone who attended and participated in helping us celebrate our 6th anniversary.  Special thanks to the folks at CMASS who got the equipment set up and running for the whole day.  The folks who helped run the launch and those who helped run the shuttle van all day.  Let's not forget those who stayed late to help take the field down and pack the equipment too.

Now to get to work on NEMROC and think about next years 7th anniversary :)

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this the best celebration ever!

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Enjoy!