Wow! Two former Chatham Rocketry Club members in just a couple of weeks! First I heard from Larry Broadbent, former CRC president and 50 year rocket veteran. He read about S.W.A.R.M. on The Rocketry Forum and contacted me to see what we were up to. A few days later, I ran into an old friend from high school, Brian French. I vaguely recalled Brian doing some rocketry back then (30 years ago!?!) so I asked him if he was still interested. He hadn't thought about rocketry since his days at Tecumseh Secondary School but was very excited at the prospect of rekindling his old hobby. His rocketry claim to fame is having attended the very first LDRS (Large and Dangerous Rocket Ships) launch in the mid-80's. We spent a good while talking rockets and getting reacquainted and Brian has decided to come out to the next S.W.A.R.M. launch. I'm now interested in putting together a section on this site about the history of model rocketry in Chatham. Looks like I'll be hitting the Chatham-Kent Public Library soon to see if I can find any mentions of the CRC in the newspaper archives.
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Chris HalinatyI have been interested in model rocketry since 2002 and have been trying to learn all I can about building and flying. Archives
September 2017
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