Scenes from the first PMW Founder's Day Launch.

RENDALIA, Alabama USA — Alabama's Phoenix Missile Works club will be celebrating their second annual Founder's Day this January 19th and 20th just east of Winterboro, Alabama, about 20 miles south of Interstate 20 and 10 miles south of the infamous city of Talladega.

Phoenix Missile Works is young club that serves as both a Tripoli Rocketry Association Prefecture and a National Association of Rocketry Section.  Their January launch is in celebration of the founding of the club and usually is their largest event.  At last year's launch, the event featured fliers hailing from over nine states, all seeking out one of the largest flying fields in the Southeast.

The club invites everyone to attend their celebration, and wants you to know they can accomodate all sizes of rod or rail needs, and with a 17,000 waiver, they have flown A10's all the way up to P motors in the past.  Anyone wanting to certify can do so under either TRA or NAR rules.

Currently, four vendors have committed to attending the event, so your launch needs should be able to be met with ease.

Schedule of Events:

• Saturday, January 19th: Commercial launch where all flyers are welcome to start flying at 10am. Night launch is also planned starting at 5pm till 7pm. Dinner at a local restaurant at or around 8pm.
• Sunday, January 20th: Research Launch open to TRA Level 2 and above, starting at 10am.

Vendor Info:

• Al’s Hobby Shop: Ken Herrick, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  Phone: 630-832-4908
• Chris' Rocket Supplies: Chris Short, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  Phone: 850-554-6531
• Hot Rod Rocketry: Rodney McMillan, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  Phone: 615- 653-9837
• Rocketryzone.com: Dennis Tinney, This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  Phone: 912-996-2288
• Hudson Classic Hobbies

John Storey will be bringing his hybrid launch gear and can support Hypertek I-L and RATT/SkyRipper/Contrail-type motors. Standard Rail preferred. Contact This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  with requests and/or questions ahead of the launch, please.

Local Hotel Info:

Towne Inn
256-249-3821
Website: http://www.towneinnmotel.com/
There are 30 rooms reserved under PMW with double queen beds for $40.00 per night.

Other Hotel Info:

• Sylacauga – about 13 miles from the field
  • Holiday Inn Express, 256-207-1511
  • Jameson Inn, 256-245-4141
  • Super 8, 256-249-4321
• Childersburg – about 12 miles from the field
  • Key West, 256-378-0337

Documents: PMW Founder's Day Flyer (84kb Adobe PDF) 

Phoenix Missile Works: http://www.pmwonline.org/

12-15-2007 01:20 AM  #1
Clark Tripoli L2   Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 16	Re: Phoenix Missile Works to celebrate second anniversary Thank you Darrell for the article. We hope to see a alot of folks out this year! Last year's event was a huge success and only included one day of flying because weather became a factor for the EX launch. We will keep an eye on the forecast and update the web site accordingly. Thanks again! Clark

12-31-2007 07:22 AM  #2
Clark Tripoli L2   Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 16	Re: Phoenix Missile Works to celebrate second anniversary Night Launch Waiver Has Been Upgraded To 6000'

12-31-2007 07:24 AM  #3
Clark Tripoli L2   Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 16	Re: Phoenix Missile Works to celebrate second anniversary A raffle has been added to Saturdays events. Tickets are $1 with the drawing to be held between day and night ops on Saturday, Jan. 19th - YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN! For more info on the raffle please visit: http://www.pmwonline.org/raffle.htm