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Estes - Alpha III (1256, 221256)

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Decals: Self-Stick
Design (RockSim): 
Designer: Mike Dorffler
Diameter: 0.9800 inches
Fin Material: Plastic
Manufacturer: Estes
Model: 1256, 221256
Motor Size: 18 millimeters
Nose Cone Material: Plastic
Plan (Estes Instructions): 
Power: Low-Power
Recommended Motors: 1/2A6-2, A8-3, A8-5, B4-4, B6-4, B6-6, C6-5, C6-7
Recovery: Parachute
Skill Level: 1
Style: Sport
Tags: Family:Estes:Alpha

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Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
1999-12-18Jeff Fellman's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A good flight
1999-12-19Paul Smith's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Perfect flight. With talc, the chute opened fully despite the cold.
1999-12-30Eddy Pula's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- It drifted into the football stadium but was retrieved after jumping the fence. A great flyer!
2000-01-01MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- 9 parachute Nicely into the fog. Nice and calm.
2000-01-07MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- 9 parachute Nice and fast. Good flight.
2000-02-13Jeff Fellman's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A good flight even in high winds.
2000-02-19MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- 8 parachute Nice flight. Good boost and recovery.
2000-03-21John Mark's Estes Alpha IIIA8- I had two A8's to burn, so I used them on my rocket, it flew good and straight, perfect launch,...
2000-03-29John Mark's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Good Flight, perfect landing.
2000-04-21MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- 8 parachute Nicely done flight. Zipped up fast!
2000-04-24Ron Cooke's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Daughters first rocket built and flown today!
2000-04-29David Kneble's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Low flight
2000-05-02Joe Cacciatore's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- First new rocket in 15 years, launch from my backyard, lands next door OK.
2000-05-21MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- nose pop Nice boost. Landed close on the long grass
2000-05-22MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIA6-4- 12 parachute Again a nice flight.
2000-10-08Steve Terrell's Estes Alpha III1/2A3-4- The ultimate small field rocket. Plug in a 13mm adapter and a 1/2A engine. Only went about 75'....
2001-04-29Ken Kirkland's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Beautiful re-entry into model rocketry. Faultless flight, ending with a 25 yard hike to recover.
2001-04-29Ken Kirkland's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- First flight with a B engine. Winds had picked up, coupled with larger engine= longer hike....
2001-05-13Ken Kirkland's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Final flight. Wind took in into the top of a white pine.
2001-06-06Charlie Kazmir's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Model landed near stream,the parachute was in the water,no major damage.
2001-06-17Rick Adams's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Went straight up into cloudless sky--easy to see ejection. Came straight down on 1.5 x 15 inch...
2001-06-29Donald Besaw's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Flown twice with this motor. Can't go wrong with this combo. Perfect recovery both times.
2001-11-17Bob Bernatchez's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Spot Landing Flight. At least it was inside 50 meters!
2001-11-17Bob Bernatchez's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- First flight of the day for Predicted duration. Shoulda stayed with the more conservative...
2002-01-19Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Flight ok, slight spiraling on boost, otherwise good flight and recovery.
2002-01-22Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight and recovery, no problems.
2002-01-26Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight and recovery.
2002-01-26MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Spun like always.
2002-02-17Bob Bernatchez's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Drifted onto the power lines. Helluva way to lose a 20+ year old rocket.
2002-03-17Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Quick high flight, good deployment, no problems.
2002-03-20Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Good flight, windy long drift on 12 chute. No problems.
2002-03-20Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- High winds, 15+ mph. Good flight and recovery.
2002-04-17Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Good high flight, good recovery. Great for testing the winds.
2002-05-14Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Good flight, somehow only attached two of the chute shroud lines to the swivel, came down hard but...
2002-05-14Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Nice flight and recovery, no problems, got the chute on correctly this time.
2002-05-19Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Another great flight on our primary wind tester. No problems.
2002-05-25Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Another great flight, 12 plastic chute with spill hole works great on this rocket.
2002-06-20Will Borkowski's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Perfect flight up, bungee cord ripped/burned, body with fins recovered. Nose cone and parachute...
2002-08-01MikeyR's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5-
2002-09-12Jason Vennard's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Another perfect flight, straight boost good recovery, nylon chute.
2002-12-17Greg Deeter's Estes Alpha IIIC6-7- First flight. Night, clear, mild wind. Estes C6-7. Flight intendedfor night lift off photo only....
2003-01-05Bill Bill's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Maybe estes takes a little bit of propellant off some motors. Same altitude as the banshee on the...
2003-01-05Bill Bill's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Nominal Flight. 250ft altitude. Higher than the bandit on the same motor though.
2003-04-06Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Straight, high flight. Parachute opened perfectly. Wind carried rocket ~250yds & landed on top of...
2003-04-13Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Launch pad angled into the wind. Perfect flight. Chute deployed but did not open. Caught rocket...
2003-04-19Rocky Firth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- This is Mikki's first rocket. Flight was perfect.
2003-04-27Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- First flight of the day (as usual). Perfect flight. Great height for an A8-3. Parachute with spill...
2003-05-10Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Another excellent flight--what else can you expect?! Recovered within 50ft of launch pad.
2003-05-10Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- I wanted to see the difference in height between A8-3 & B6-4. It jumped noticably quicker & great...
2003-05-28Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Was still on the way up at ejection. Another excellent flight to test the skies!
2003-05-28Lance Alligood's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- I knew the risks & this time it proved fatal. Super altitude & saw ejection blast. Vanished into...
2003-05-31Randy Powell's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Caleb's 2nd launch.This one really impressed him!!! Recovered with slight damage to a fin.It hit...
2003-05-31Randy Powell's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- This was my Grandson Caleb's 1st launch!!! I believe we have a future rocketeer now.
2003-10-25Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha III1/2A6-2- Good flight, although 1/2 A power doesn't put it up too high. Was concerned due to breezy...
2003-11-29Jerry Nishihira's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Perfect flight, safe recovery.
2003-11-29Jerry Nishihira's Estes Alpha IIIC6-3- estimated altitude @ 900'. Used a new chute by replacing shroud lines from stock Estes chute to...
2003-12-31J Ruddy's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- Bought the starter set for my nephew. His dad spent a good part of the day building the Alpha III....
2004-02-12Alexander Minot's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- Beautiful launch, very high. Perfect ejection, 6 second delay works great. Quite a bitof weather...
2004-02-12Donald Besaw's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Wind test, nice flight about 300 feet up. Landed close by. No damage
2004-04-17Philip Levanda's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- This rocket will disappear on a C6-5 make sure you have plenty of room and spotters.
2004-04-22Brian Riendeau's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Nice launch. I very very happy with the altitude, the rocket was just out of view when the chute...
2004-04-22Brian Riendeau's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Straight boost all the way up, landed about 25 yards from launch pad. Good combination for testing...
2004-05-26Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight. Spun a bit as she went up (likely because one of the fins has a little bend on the...
2004-06-05Jim Varkalis's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- After successful flights on B6-4 motors I kicked it up to a C. Wasn't tracking it, but she was...
2004-06-09Kevin Danjou's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Lost in orchard. Lost forever.
2004-06-22Patrick Huxley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Maiden flight. Cocked a little from start? Flew to about 300 feet. Landed 20 yards away! Great...
2004-07-02Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Nice flight, though the slightly bent fins lent a fair amount of spin. Parachute caught a breeze,...
2004-09-18William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight and recovery.
2004-10-23Jeff Henry's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Very fast off the pad, great flight for my freinds four year old to push the launch button.
2004-12-12Scott Hauff's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Flies great on this engine, nice and high. Switched the chute to a streamer, still walked 150 yds.
2004-12-18Scott Hauff's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- nice high flight. Drifted ~100yds on streamer
2004-12-18Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- Wind tester flight, no problems, landed about 60 ft. from pad.
2005-02-13Nathan Rupp's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Good boost, ejected a little early. Had a shock cord separation. Watched the nose cone float...
2005-04-16William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Great flight and recovery.
2005-05-21Reed Johansson's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- Great flight, but upper level winds caught it and it drifted into a tree. The next morning we...
2005-05-21Johnny Lugnuts's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5800 feet The Alpha III, my first model rocket. It stood up to various misuse and misadventure, and always...
2005-05-21Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- NC separation from BT at ejection, shock cord mount came loose after 25 years of flying. Recovered...
2005-05-22Reed Johansson's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- Again, upper level winds caught it and took it to the trees, but this time we couldn't find it.
2005-06-18Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- My first flight at NERRF Day 2. Flew well as always.
2005-06-25Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5-
2005-07-30Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5-
2005-08-27Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5-
2005-09-05Michael Bentley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Flew higher than expected. Good flight. Easy to recover. Minor tube damage
2005-09-24Aaron Stanley's Estes Alpha IIIC6-6- Great flight. Won me teh C class parachute duration with a time of two minutes before I lost...
2005-12-27David Barry's Estes Alpha IIIC6-7- Straight up, never to be seen again.
2006-01-15Dave Brunsting's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Not a bad motor for this rocket.
2006-03-08Richie Brunjes's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Thought it was lost forever , found on the way out of the park
2006-03-19Tom+Maggie Brogan's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Test rocket for the wind gods. Nice straight flight, good ejection, 50yd drift on 12 chute w/2...
2006-03-25Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3-
2006-03-30Richie Brunjes's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Didn't eject or nose cone stuck . Went REAL high and did a nose dive into the Great South Bay
2006-04-16SRP Crew's Alpha IIIB6-4- A little windy but managed to clock the flight to 62 seconds. It landed in the neigbor's field...
2006-04-16SRP Crew's Alpha IIIC6-5- Very high and straight launch. It went through a low-lying cloud and was clocked falling to the...
2006-05-20Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3-
2006-05-30Trevir Maidel's Estes Alpha III4xB6834 feet 1st flight. The only problem was it drifted 400 feet into a gated community. luckley it was...
2006-06-04Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Very nice flight, good deployment. Wind took it, and I was afraid it was going to get eaten by a...
2006-07-01Trevir Maidel's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- This was my second flight. Their was no wind condition at all . It blasted straight up. lost sight...
2006-07-01SRP Crew's Alpha IIIB4-4580 feet Duration 50.2. Lost it in the swamp. Saw it come down. It was found the next summer.
2006-09-02Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- Nice flight, smooth recovery.
2006-09-30Ben Shetler's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Drag race w/ other Alpha III. Good fun. My original mod roc.
2006-10-22Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Wind testing flight, didn't drift too far.
2006-11-25Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Too bad this wasn't a spot landing contest because it landed about 7 ft. from the pad, good flight.
2006-12-30Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3-
2007-01-06Karl Kalbaugh's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- First rocket after many years. perfect launch Went higher than expected. Lost sight of rocket...
2007-03-31Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great wind tester flight to start our day, landed nice & close to the pad.
2007-04-08SRP Crew's Alpha IIIC6-51107 feet Hardly any wind. Straight up flight. Beautiful blue sky and under near perfect conditions. It came...
2007-05-12Christopher Bass's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5-
2007-05-12Christopher Bass's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5-
2007-05-18Aaron Stanley's Estes Alpha IIIC6-7-
2007-05-18Aaron Stanley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3-
2007-05-26Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Straight boost and landed close to the pad despite the wind.
2007-06-30Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3-
2007-07-28Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Almost no wind, straght boost and came almost straight down, landed fairly close to pad.
2007-08-26Mark Robertson's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Fist flight. Flew straight up into the blue sky. Recovery on Estes parachute close to pad with no...
2007-09-30Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Usual good flight, came back on chute close to pad
2007-10-15William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight and recovery.
2007-10-16William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight and recovery.
2007-10-16William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight and recovery.
2007-10-16William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Great flight and recovery.
2007-10-16William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Great flight and recovery.
2007-10-21Mark Robertson's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Noticeably higher than an A8. But perfect flight and recovery after some drifting.
2007-11-02Robert Hall's Estes Alpha IIIE9-8- poor conditions, parachute failed. Needs repair.
2007-11-02Robert Hall's Estes Alpha IIID12-4- First flight with the d12, went well with 10 mph winds
2007-11-03Robert Hall's Estes Alpha IIID12-5- Flight after repair, flew wonderfully
2007-11-21Charlaine+Cadence Nordin's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- great flight. late enjection think my motors are getting old.
2007-11-21Charlaine+Cadence Nordin's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- great flight no complaints. fast and perfect
2007-11-24Delek Turner's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Redubbed Steve in honour of absent comrade. Best flight of day.
2008-02-10Tony Interrante's Estes Alpha IIIC6-3- Final flight of the day. Same light winds, severe clear sky. This one was a shock to all viewers...
2008-02-10Tony Interrante's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Second flight in progression to a c flight. Much the same as the a8-33 flight only much higher. I...
2008-02-10Tony Interrante's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- a test flight for wind and safe construction. a quick enthusiastic flight on a very clear a calm...
2008-03-08William Beggs's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- Great flight. No damage.
2008-04-27JST's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Perfect flight. About 1,100 feet in variable 5-10 mph winds. Came down 200' from launcher.
2008-04-27Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight as always with this Alpha III.
2008-04-27Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Great flight. First time using a B6-4 motor in this rocket landed about 50 feet from the pad.
2008-05-05Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- Great flight.
2008-05-17JST's Estes Alpha IIID21-7- Awesome FAST flight to about 2,300 ft. Came down perfect in field but landed hard, bent airframe,...
2008-05-17JST's Estes Alpha IIIC6-7- No wind at ground, but upper level wind weathercocked it major. Came down on street on other side...
2008-06-01Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Shock cord separated, cracked one fin. Repaired at field, will live to fly another day.
2008-06-14Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight. Launched at a smaller field on this flight added a 9inch chute.
2008-07-27Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Great flight.
2008-08-24Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight.
2008-08-24Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIB6-6- Good flight
2008-09-28Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight.
2008-10-04Brian Yankee's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Went up about a thousand feet. Up too hight to see ejection being before, at or after apogee. Used...
2008-10-12Mark Robertson's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Went quite high on the A motor. Parachute didn't deploy fully. Rocket still drifted quite a...
2008-10-26Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Parachute did not fully open but no damage.
2009-01-04Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- First lunch of the New Year.
2009-02-15Jamie Martin's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- to windy today went up above the clouds and never saw it again, might still be going
2009-05-01Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Nice flight.
2009-05-01Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Good Flight.
2009-06-16Jason Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Very nice flight.
2009-09-13Jason Lenentine's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Perfect flight, but was eaten by rocket eating tree.
2010-01-27 Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Straight boost with noticeable rolling. Good deploy right at apogee. Near landing.
2010-01-27Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Beautiful high flight with good deploy. Long drift - ended up in middle of parking lot (yikes!)....
2010-01-29Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIA6-4- (Streamer substituted for stock parachute) Good boost after hesitation as thrust built up. Deploy...
2010-02-13Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- OK flight - mainly done to cross check the others. Deploy at good time and good streamer. Wet! ...
2010-03-13Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- (streamer rather than 'chute). Great flight - straight high boost, good deploy at the right time....
2010-03-19 Judy Orosco's Estes Alpha IIIA8-5- Good flight landed about 10 feet from the pad.
2010-03-20Moe Bertrand's Estes Alpha IIIC6-7- PRM-22 Predicted Duration Event. Predicted: 49 seconds...43 seconds actual duration.
2010-04-10Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Gusty winds between 5 and 25 mph. Streamer-recovered flight for the Cub Scouts. Good straight...
2010-04-18Bernard Cawley's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- Wiggled off pad and headed way upwind (marginally stable on this motor?). Some said they saw...
2010-05-16Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A10-3- Optical tracking altitude estimate, 160 feet. Good flight with a little early deployment.
2010-05-16Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A10-3160 feet Straight up. Deploy a bit early. Good 'chute and landing.
2010-05-16Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A3-4- Not bad. Deploy a bit late. Good 'chute.
2010-05-16Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A3-4- Not bad. Deploy a little bit late. Good 'chute.
2010-05-31Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A8-3180 feet AltimeterOne aboard. Almost picture perfect flight. Good boost, deploy. Landed on field table...
2010-05-31Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2B4-4489 feet AltimeterOne aboard. Good boost. Deployment timing OK but 'chute really tangled (seems to be the...
2010-06-12Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- Pretty straight boost with landing not too far off the pad considering the windy conditions
2010-06-12Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A8-5- Why did I choose 5 seconds? CRASH with AltimeterOne aboard. VERY late deployment about five feet...
2010-06-30Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- A terrific flight on B6-4 but drifted forever in the wind (46 s. duration). It landed just shy of...
2010-06-30Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- My brother had an Alpha III when we were kids (35 years ago?), and I always admired its...
2010-07-06Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A nice flight on A8-3 to check winds. Duration 21s.
2010-07-06Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Quite a flight. The Alpha III drifted in a slight breeze aloft over a treeline and into a...
2010-07-10Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2B6-4467 feet Rebuilt with ST-9 body after last month's crash. Good flight all around. Good 'chute. Long walk...
2010-07-13Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Almost out of sight on a B4-4, though my trial streamer recovery landed it 600' away. About 20'...
2010-07-13Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- I tried dual 2 x 20 streamers to see if I could fly bigger motors on my smallish field today. ...
2010-08-02Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Recovered on dual 24 streamers. Came down hard on hard-packed baseball infield but no damage. ...
2010-08-02Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Straight as an arrow, 43s duration. Shroud lines tangled with motor hook resultion in an...
2010-08-02Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A picture perfect flight, recovered 25' from launch pad. 19s duration with 2 spillhole.
2010-08-10 Kevin Birch's Estes Alpha III (1)A8/5-
2010-09-05Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Recovered on dual crepe streamers.
2010-09-05Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A nice flight with little to no wind. Recovered on 12 in chute with spillhole.
2010-09-18Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha III1/2A6-2- Wimpy flight, too little motor. Went up maybe 50'. Parachute never really unfolded, but landed...
2010-10-05Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- A nice, pretty flight. Duration was 28s on dual crepe streamers.
2010-10-05Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA10-3- First try of my new 13mm / 18mm adapter, with an A10-3 installed. Performance was only slightly...
2010-10-05Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A good flights to check wind direction and drift. Landed within 50' of launch pad.
2010-10-23Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Flew a B4 in the wind to compare with B6. BIG weathercock, 22 second duration on dual crepe...
2010-10-23Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Flew on dual streamers because of the wind. A big whoosh as my trusty A-III sliced into the wind....
2010-11-06Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Excellent flight on my favorite motor for this bird. Seemed to hang forever on 12 inch parachute...
2010-11-06Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- A good warm-up flight on an A8-3. Used a 12 inch chute with spillhole.
2010-12-04 vincent penoso's Estes Alpha IIIC6-5- This was the maiden flight and was spectacular. It had to have gone 1000 ft. and drifted clear...
2010-12-11Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIA8-3- Used streamer, fast return, no damage.
2010-12-11Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIC6-5- Launch rod slightly tilted upwind. Fast return on streamer, bent fin on hitting asphault.
2010-12-28Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIB4-4- Switched back to parachute, straight flight.
2011-01-02Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIA8-3- straight up lauch, weather cocked
2011-03-16Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA8-3- With my better half and 2-year-old son. Landed hard on sidewalk - no damage.
2011-03-16Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- A nice flight, recovered on crepe streamers. About as big a motor as I would try on this small...
2011-04-23Bernard Cawley's Alpha III-2A8-3- Nice! Straight, well timed, good 'chute. Right back to pad.
2011-05-20Paul Nortness's Alpha IIIA8-3175 feet First launch in over 20 years. Loaded up the Alpha III and launched straight up. Rocket was...
2011-06-01Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Nice altitude, then the 12 inch chute with spillhole opened. My AIII hung there like a hot-air...
2011-06-21Justin Stotter's Alpha IIIA8-3, B6-4- Nice flight and recovery with A engine. Too windy for B engine and drifted beyond the field, never...
2011-06-30Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA10-3- I used an A10-3 and one of my newly-built clipless motor mount adapters - design from Apogee's...
2011-07-15Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIA10-3- My A3 works really well to test the wind with an A10-3 and 12 inch chute. This evening - calm on...
2011-07-23Glenn Weiss's Estes Alpha IIIB6-4- Chute did not fully deploy but ok
2011-08-17Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Old Reliable flew well again today on a B4-4. I have a ton of flights on this rocket.
2011-09-17Ray "AcroRay" Miller's Alpha IIIB6-4800 feet High, straight flight. Streamer deployment after apogee. Safe recovery. Classic performance!
2011-12-11Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIA8-3- Parachute stayed bundled Landed 30' off cul-de-sac downwind, no damage
2011-12-18Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIEstes B4-4- Weathercocked somewhat into the wind, but drifted back to within 100' on recovery. I was...
2011-12-31Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIC6-5- straight up launch Parachute good Landed ~800' SE
2012-01-05Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIC6-5- straight up launch - parachute good - landed ~800' SE
2012-01-29Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIA8-3- Good flight. nothing special. Landed 300' downwind (SSW).
2012-02-01Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIEstes A10-3T- Last of 8 flights for the day. Just a nice chute recovery on an A10-3 with adaptor.
2012-02-06Karl Brandt's Alpha IIIA8-3- Straight up launch. Fought wind at apogee, parachute good; landed 100' E without damage
2012-03-14Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIB4-4- Nice flight. Recovered on crepe streamer.
2012-05-15Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIEstes A10-3T- Nice flight, good chute deployment. Used 13mm split adapter.
2012-05-15Dean Booth's Estes Alpha IIIEstes B4-4- The crepe streamer deployed beautifully and my A3 drifted almost back to the pad.

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