Flight Log - 2011-10-31 - Wilfred Ashley McIsaac's ARCAS High Powered Rocket

ARCAS is a scale replica t' t' originally built by t' Alantic Research Corporation in t' 1950s.

Flight Date: 2011-10-31
Rocket Name: ARCAS High Powered Rocket
Kit Name: Aerotech - HV Arcas {Kit} (89012) [1989-]
Flyer's Name: Wilfred Ashley McIsaac
Expected Altitude: 2,300 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: Gananoque aerodrome
Actual Altitude: 2,500 Feet

T' ARCAS rocket launch was a Canadian rocket mail experiment at t' Gananoque aerodrome in Gananoque, Ontario, shiver me timbers, Canada.   T' 4 foot 7.5 inch high powered rocket lifted off from t' airstrip in Leeds and t' Thousand Islands township,  at some point durin' t' flight t' rocket crossed into Leeds and Grenville united counties before returnin' home. Ahoy!  T' addressed mail inside t' payload bay used 1936 "First Canadian Rocket Mail Flight" stamps postage that were never used because no rocket was built, 75 years later they were finally delivered t' way they were supposed to.  T' launch video is incredible and is on You Tube featurin' an onboard 'gopro' camera.

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