ABOUT NOTRA

I am pleased to announce the reorganization of Tripoli Prefecture #003, now known as the Northern Ohio Tripoli Rocketry Association (NOTRA) or Tripoli Northern Ohio.

NOTRA was formed in order to allow area Tripoli members to network with other rocketeers, both model and High-Power, and to provide conventional and hybrid launch equipment and flying fields, something that many Tripoli members don't have available to them locally.

We are affiliated with the Skybusters, a section of the National Association of Rocketry (#535). The Skybusters have been an extremely active High-Power sport flying club for many years, have a good flying field on which motors up to L class motors can be flown, and fly all year. They have great launcher support and some of the finest hybrid ground support equipment around along with many experienced hybrid flyers. The club has its own trailer for transporting launch equipment and a separate trailer carrying a hybrid launch system.

Barry Lynch of LOC/Precision (http://www.locprecision.com) and Martin Dorociak of X-Rockets (http://www.x-rockets.com) are both co-founders of the Prefecture in addition to myself. LOC/Precision, of course, needs no introductions, and Barry attends many of the launches and will deliver orders at the field. Martin Dorociak is the founder of X-Rockets which produces hybrid launchers and accessories, and it will be his launchers you use on the flying field.

Tripoli Level 1 flights and Level 2 certification testing is available and certification flights can be done at any of the scheduled launches with prior arrangements. The Prefect can be contacted at christopher.pearson@tri-c.edu or by phone at 440-449-2246.

NOTRA has participated in the Cleveland National Air Show, as well as other area air shows, and have displays at local shopping malls and model airplane shows. The club meets four times a year but most of the time we're out flying rockets! Club launches are held monthly all year long, and our big spring launch, the Great Lakes Regional Meet Revisited (GLRMR) Launch, is held in April each year.

Membership in NOTRA no longer gives you automatic membership in the Skybusters and visa-versa. We will be collecting our own dues and generating our own membership cards from now on.

If you are not already a member of an existing Prefecture, or if you've been looking for an active, exciting club with many experienced members who love to fly rockets, please consider joining ours.

Chris Pearson
TRA 00036
Prefect
Northern Ohio Tripoli Rocketry Association
Tripoli Northern Ohio - #003

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