My Level 3 certification flight at Airfest XXI in Argonia, KS.  I had grand plans for me first trip t' Argonia, which included me L3 cert and many other awesome flights over t' full four days o' t' launch.  Reality and me deliberate approach t' buildin' me L3 bird conspired t' ruin those plans.  T' short version o' t' story is that by t' time I arrived in Argonia, t' Frenzy XL was only about 40% complete.  I spent t' first three days o' t' launch in me hotel room completely consumed with finishin' t' build.  I made a trip out t' t' field late Sunday t' get some help settin' up me RRC3 altimeter and then went back t' t' hotel t' build t' motor and get some sleep.  Back t' t' field Monday morning, still quite a few folks around but I'm sure much less than t' weekend crowd.  Got me paperwork in order, went through t' RSO checks and headed out t' t' pads.  Rocket prep on t' pad was smooth and we headed back t' t' flight line, with nothin' left t' do but wait for t' countdown.  T' motor lit right away and "T' Trout" roared off t' pad and was smartly out o' sight.  Standin' on t' line with t' tracker tryin' t' get a good fix, I had a strong signal but couldn't get a good directional fix.  Right about t' time it dawned on me that t' rocket must be right over me head, shiver me timbers, I heard t' main charge go off and looked up t' see t' main chute deploy perfectly.  Rocket landed in t' grass near t' end o' t' line, probably 150 yards away from where I was standing.  Post flight inspection revealed no issues and t' cert was in t' bag.  In hindsight it was probably fortunate that I hadn't flown on t' weekend since t' spot where I landed was t' overflow parking, but things worked out for t' best.  After t' excitement wore off I briefly considered preppin' more rockets t' fly, but t' weight o' t' entire weekend finally caught up with me and I decided t' just hang out and watch some flights before packin' up and headin' home.  Now it just needs a paint job.

Data form t' altimeters is as follows:  Rocksim preflight simulation predicted 15,508 ft.  Rocket weighed 14lbs 13oz prepped for flight without t' motor, and 27lbs 13oz on t' pad.  T' Perfectflight Stratologger CF reported apogee at 15,497 ft, and t' Missileworks RRC3 reported apogee at 15,490 ft, with a max velocity o' 1595fps at 5624 ft with a temp o' 101.3F, which translates into 1.37M.