Thanks to my friend Rich we’ve been going to Hellfire the last 3/4 years. For those who don’t know, Hellfire is the Utah Rocket Club’s biggest launch event of the year. It’s held out on the Salt Flats and it’s a blast! (Get it, blast!?!?)
These guys are serious about their rockets and even get FAA clearance for some huge rocket flights. When I was a kid we would make some model rockets using D class rockets. We thought that was pretty fancy stuff. The rockets we were looking at were H and larger.
Next year maybe we’ll put up some rockets of our own, but it’s always fun to go down and watch some launches. Even just hanging out on the Salt Flats is a crazy experience in its own right.
Here’s some of the pictures, you can see all of them, plus video, on flickr.
