Joe Polchlopek certified Level I and Les Saunders certified Level II. Jay Wood's Level I attempt got tangled in power lines and Don Wittenauer's second Level II attempt ejected the motor. Poor Don. If he didn't have bad luck , he wouldn't have any luck at all. He's a trooper, though, and he's still smiling and helpful as ever out there. Flights of note: Jim Scarpine had one of the most spectacular flights of the day when he flew his custom built, 7.5" diameter Brandon/CPT rocket on a cluster of 1 K1100 and 2 I435's to 2673' successsfully. He used an altimeter for drogue and main at 600' with backup apogee detection. Lamar Blankship, David Rushing, and Johnny Pittman provided a little fun with a 3 way drag race of Graduator's on F24's. I'll let them argue over results bragging rights. Barabara Van Loon flew a beautifully finished Bomarc (NCR scale kit) on a G64. The rocket was so beautiful she was a little afraid to fly it but it returned to earth after a graceful flight without a scratch. Gordon Cameron had to leave the launch early after the rocket gremlins burned up his fleet. His bad luck was topped off by a motor cato in his Plum Loco as it sat on the pad. The cato did not snuff the burn and all we could do was sit and watch his rocket turn to toast until the fuel grains spent themselves. Oh well, Gordon advises us there are plenty of unopened kits at home that needed an excuse to be built. Mike Henry has been doing some pretty challenging stuff with the larger motors. He loaded his PML Endevor with a J350 and recorded 3789' on the altimeter. He likes to raise your heartbeat a bit using 300' main deployment in his altimeter configuration. There's nothing like being really close to the ground when that main pops! Bob Schoner gets my vote for the rocket name of the day. He flew his Chumbawumba Aye Carumba successfully on a staggered cluster. An H220 lifted the rocket and he air started 4 G40's. Electronic recovery at apogee and 700' safely returned the rocket so it can fly again someday. Mark Lloyd deploys his main chutes close to the ground, too. He set 250' as the main chute deployment altitude in his LOC Magnum with a J275. He reached 1850' and had us collectively holding our breath waiting....and waiting....and waiting....for that parachute. No problems though and he had the last laugh with a very short recovery walk. Oscar Valent brought his Hypertech hybrid system and wowed the crowd when he configured the nitrous orifice to a J190 in his PML Aurora. That thing buzzed like a V1 all the way to 4679'. Greg Walden came out into the sun to do his usual envelope-pushing thing. His custom built FR-8 screamed when he ground started an I435 and 2 H238's then air started 2 H180's to change the whole smoke trail and flame profile in mid air. Neat stuff but the rocket hates him. Jim Livingston flew a 12' long, 7.67" diameter Amraam that weighed in at 30 lbs on my favorite motor - K550. I think his nose cone seperated but it was a spectacular flight. Jim was just named as the newest member of the Tripoli TAP committee so now we have a resident Level III certifier! Thanks to David Rushing for spelling me at the LCO table in the afternoon. Joan Stone was also helping doing whatever needed to be done. Wer're gonna miss her when she moves to CA. Don Whittenaur's tent provided welcome relief at the LCO table and many thanks to those of you who came early and stayed late to set up and take down. See y'all - Dennis