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

ARCAS is a scale replica to the originally built by the Alantic Research Corporation in the 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: 2,300.00 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: Gananoque aerodrome
Actual Altitude: 2,500.00 Feet

The ARCAS rocket launch was a Canadian rocket mail experiment at the Gananoque aerodrome in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada.   The 4 foot 7.5 inch high powered rocket lifted off from the airstrip in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township,  at some point during the flight the rocket crossed into Leeds and Grenville united counties before returning home.  The addressed mail inside the 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 the way they were supposed to.  The launch video is incredible and is on You Tube featuring an onboard 'gopro' camera.

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