Founded 1989  the Association of Experimental Rocketry of the Pacific (AeroPAC) is a Northern California and Northern Nevada prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association. and ARLISS is a NAR Section.

AeroPAC predates its involvement with Tripoli and has roots in the earliest times of high-power rocketry.  Here are many of our past newsletters chronicling our history. 

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2021

• Spring 2021
  • Sonoma State's New Rocketry Program
  • About SEDS
  • Build Light, Fly High!
  • Equipment Cleaning Party

2020

• Spring 2020
  • XPRS Loft Duration / Extreme Altitude Contest Continues
  • Tribute to James Marino
  • AEROPAC / ROC Night Launch Challenge
  • ARLISS Lite: Mid to High Power 3D Printed High Performance Airframes for Small Satellites
  • S4 2020 Pocket Cubes Are The New Cansats
     
• Fall 2020
  • NASA Student Launch
  • James Marino’s Final Flight
  • ARLISS M S4 PocketQube
  • 2020 AEROPAC Flight Counts
  • ARLISS 2020 - NOT REALLY
  • S4 PocketQube 54mm
  • Falcon 9 ARLISS Lite Airframe
  • COVID Madness: 3D Printed Rockets
  • How Not to Spend the Summer Solstice

2019

• Spring 2019
  • The Wheel of Death
  • BLM Decision on Burning Man
  • 50 for 50 Apollo Tribute
  • Trailer Makeover
  • Trailer Re-organization
  • Thunda Down Unda, Part 1
  • Beginnings of High Power Rocketry
  • Small Satellites for Secondary Students
     
• Fall 2019
  • Sumio Sawa's XPRS Adventure
  • Saturn 50 / 50 Challenge
  • ARLISS 2019
  • Thunda Down Unda, Part 2
  • 2019 Launch Director's Report
  • XPRS Extreme Altitude / Loft winners
  • OPED: Let’s Keep the XPRS Contest Alive!
  • Rocket, the Dog RIP
  • The Silver Bullet
  • The Dogs of XPRS
  • Jim and Becky’s Trip Tribulations
  • Also - T-shirts, Night Launch, 2 Stage, CATOS

2018

• Spring 2018
  • Fin Fillets by Jim Green
  • Rising Data
  • Costa Rica Team at UNISEC
  • 1/24 Scale SpaceX Falcon 9
  • AEROPAC Equipment Cleaning
  • Northern Nevada Rocket Clubs
  • S4 Rocket Design: Mach 1.5 Rocket Build
  • Rocket Propellant Composition
     
• Fall 2018
  • The Historic Flight of PHX4
  • ARLISS 2018 20th Anniversary Launch
  • 2018 XPRS Contests Winners
  • AEROPAC 2018 Flight Totals
  • Costa Rica Rocks the Playa!
  • 2018 Aeropac Launch Director Report
  • More Photos by Jim Wilkerson

2017

• Spring 2017
  • Pink O Project, John Ballard
  • AEROPAC Cleaning Party, Peter Hacket
  • 2017 S4: Technology and Program Overview, Ken Biba and Paul Hopkins
  • 2017 S4: Opportunity for TARC Finalists, Ken Biba
  • 2017 S4: Students Earth Science with Smart Eggs, Ken Biba
  • 54MM-MD-1, Juniper Slouber
  • More Awards for Dr. Cominsky
     
• Fall 2017
  • Trip to SpaceX
  • Ryan Sebastian 1988-2017
  • Snakes Are No More
  • 75mm XPRS Project
  • 2017 Launch Director’s Report
  • OSU Prof Certs L3, Flies ARLISS
  • ARLISS 2017
  • 8 Years to Recover
  • The Rest of the Story
     
• Fall 2017 (Vol 2)
  • Airspace, Rockets and You
  • Bill Lewis
  • ARLISS 2017 Costa Rica Team Experience
  • Costa Rica Team Wins Micro-Sat Competition
  • Becky Green Flies High
  • So You Want To Go To A Launch On The Other Side Of The Country
  • 2017 Flight Count Totals
  • It all Starts Somewhere
  • The Last of the Kosdons
  • Paris Family Celebrates 10 years
  • Oregon State Flies High at BR

2016

• Spring 2016
  • Recognition, Awards for Dr. Lynn Cominsky
  • Project ARQUE
  • AEROPAC’s New Wireless Launch System
  • ARLISS Date Logger Project—Part 2
  • AEROPAC 2016 Equipment Cleaning Party
  • TRA’s > 50k’ Black Rock Flight Process
  • ARLISS Flyers Support Magnitude.io Stem Education Program / Chat with Magnitude.io
     
• Fall 2016
  • Annual Member Meeting Notes
  • Flying the PrepoSTerous AT M2500
  • Oregonians Fly Tapioca Joe at XPRS
  • Oregon N Power at XPRS
  • 2016 Launch Director’s Report
  • 2016 Flight Stats and Totals
  • XPRS Altitude Contest Winners
  • XPRS Loft Duration Contest
  • ARLISS 2016
  • Continuation of a Dream
     
• Winter 2016
  • First Impressions of Black Rock - John Hochheimer
  • BAR’s Truck Catches Fire - Editor
  • Richard Hagen’s Rocket “Mostly Motor” - Tony Alcocer
  • High Powered Young Rocketeers
  • The Jackson’s Light up the Night Sky - Jonathan DuBose
  • SSU Trains Teachers on Rockets and Drones - Lynn Cominsky
  • 2015 to the present: XPRS Altitude Records - Darryl Paris
  • A Year in the Life of Rocketry - Becky Green
  • Greg Ruhf’s Level 3 - Greg Ruhf

2015

• Spring 2015
  • High Altitude Reminder
  • TARC to ARLISS transition
  • Fruity Chute Data Collection
  • Aerodynamic Drag Primer
  • Road Trip to OROC
  • AEROPAC Equipment Update
  • Equipment Cleaning Party
  • Common Rocketry Problems and the Cures
     
• Fall 2015
  • Sacramento’s Moon Rockets, Book Review
  • XPRS High Power Contest Winners
  • XPRS Loft Duration Contest Winners
  • Purple Passion, M Rocket to 19,506’
  • TAS Express, 2 Stage to 44k’
  • Full Bore Linear Panic, 2 Stage to 55k’
  • Phoenix 4, 2 Stage to 96k’
  • Destroy Saturn V!
  • S4 Updates
  • 2015 Launch Director’s Report
  • Community Outreach
  • ARLISS 2015 Report
  • Dreams Can Come True

2014 

• Spring 2014
  • AEROPAC’s 2014 Engineering Party
  • Photos from Rail Cleaning Party
  • Phoenix EX Project — Curt Von Delius
  • ARLISS Extreme – Ken Biba
  • Small Satellites for Secondary Schools—Lynn Cominsky
     
• Fall 2014
  • Mudrock Flight Stats
  • Aeronaut, ARLISS/XPRS Stats
  • XPRS Contest Winners
  • Honeybadger 59k', Mach 3.9
  • S-IVB testing in Sacremento
  • ARLISS 2014
  • 2014 Launch Directors Report

2013 

• End of Year Edition 2013
  • Help Wanted
  • AEROPAC Officers and BOD
  • In Memoriam Laura Hagen
  • -AEROPAC’s New Rail
  • ARLISS 2014 Report
  • 3 Miles High, Scoutcraft at Black Rock
  • Saturn S-IVB Testing in Sacramento
  • XPRS Contest Winners
  • Senza Confini (!)54
  • Launch Director’s Report
  • Mudding It On The Playa
  • ARLISS Data Logger Project

2012 

• MudRock Launch Report 2012
• June 2012
  • President's Pad
  • Small Satellites for Secondary Students
  • AeroPAC Test Stand
  • ARLISS 2012
  • An impact crater or what?

2011 

• July 2011
  • President's Pad
  • Mudrock Wrap-up -Peter Clay
  • Reflections - Jeff Rauh
  • From the launch director - Peter Clay
  • Virtual Classroom Overview
  • Did you know? (About an alternative non Ham radio tracking device from MEW)
  • MudRock 2011 and MODIS Imagery - Patrick Wagner
  • Don Milhollan tribute.

2009 

• May 2009
  • Engineering Party
  • CFO Report
  • Community Outreach
  • Looking Ahead to XPRS
  • ARLISS 10th anniversary
  • ARLISS 2009 Pamplet
  • ARLISS Committee update
  • Did you know? (Black Rock Desert was once an acient lake)
  • Watts in the Desert - Richard Hagen
  • Launch Operations - Seth Wallace
     
• July 2009
  • President's Pad
  • High Definition Rocketry
  • ARLISS Committee Report
  • Elections
  • Did You Know? (In the early 80s the Naval Weapons Center developed an extremely simple and cheap surface-to-air missile simulation rocket)
  • Community Outreach
     
• September 2009
  • President's Pad
  • XPRS Rules and Contests
  • Frequency Allocations
  • ARLISS Allocations
  • ROCKET FEVER (adapted poem)
  • Tripoli Research Launches ‐ FAQ
  • Did you know? (High Altitude Wind Speed, Direction and Air Temperature at Black Rock, Nevada for Amateur Rocketry Application)

2002 

• Feb 2002
  • First Commissioner’s Corner - Tom Rouse
  • Tom Cloud Memorial - Tony Alcocer
  • Our Unconventional L3 - Tony Alcocer
  • Creating Fiberglass Tubing - Tom Cloud
  • AERO-PAC on the Web - John Coker and Paul Campbell
  • Minutes of the Members Meeting
     
• May 2002
  • First Commissioner’s Corner - John Coker
  • Motor Making Demo at Mudroc - Bob Fortune
  • From the Launch Director - Steve Preston
  • How We Got Into EX - Tony Alcocer
     
• August 2002
  • First Commissioner’s Corner - John Coker
  • BOAR: A Flight of Many Firsts - Dewayne Doud
  • BLM Fire Suppression Supplies - Steve Preston
  • “MudRoc” Was! - John Coker
  • Minutes of the Board Meeting

2001

• May 2001
  • First Commissionerís Corner
  • Tripoli Fresno and AERO-PAC March Altitude Contest - The Raisin Fly Off
  • Aerobee 170 - Mark Mazzon
  • Nike-Asp  - John Coker
  • Minutes of the board meeting

2000

• February 2000
  • First Commissionerís Corner
  • Hercules 2-stage M (or, what I learned about Mach) - Richard Amstadter
  • Minutes of the board meeting
     
• May 2000
  • First Commissionerís Corner
  • December Meeting Photos - Steven Preston
  • The New Portal Offices - Al Frazier
  • Electrical Current Requirements of Rocket Igniters - Robert Briody
  • New Range Setup -Tom Rouse
  • Minutes of the board meeting

1999

• March 1999
  • The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn
  • Message from the Treasurer - William Walby
  • Kitchen Table Vacuum Bagging - John Coker
     
• May 1999
  • The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn
  • Postmortem on the MaxRAM - Gordon Hom
  • Hayburner Kodak Moments
     
• July 1999
  • Acting 1st Commish’s Comments - William Walby
  • AERO-PAC/BLM Black Rock Work Party
  • Microsoft Does Rockets - Mike Pearson
  • Minutes of May 29 Meeting
     
• August 1999
  • The First Commish’s Corner - William Walby
  • Aeronaut 99 - Tom Rouse
  • The Economy of Aerotech 76mm Reloadable System - Gordon Horm
  • Members Meeting notes
     
• November 1999
  • The First Commish’s Corner - William Walby
  • BLM Work Party
  • A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites - ARLISS
  • Roadtrips and Rockets - Bob Fortune
  • Volunteers - Mike Vaughn
  • Member Meeting notes

1998

• April 1998
  • The Commissioner’s Two Cents - Jerry Vaughn
  • Minutes, Aeropac Board Meeting: Feb 15, 1998
  • T-Shirt Design Contest
  • Gravity Powered Rockets - Mike Vaughn
  • Membership notes

1997

• January 1997
  • The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi
  • Rocketry In Japan - Mike Vaughn
     
• May 1997
  • The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi
  • T-Shirt Design Contest
  • Treasurer’s Note - William Walby
  • A Walk Through History - Randolph Mitchell
  • Launch Director’s Note - Mike Penner
     
• June 1997
  • The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi
  • MUDROC LIVES UP TO ITS NAME ONCE AGAIN! - William F. Walb

1996

• November 1996
  • The First Commish’s Corner - Pius Morozumi
  • FireBALLS 006
  • Members Meeting on December 8
  • Mid-West Regional Fun Fly - Mike Vaughn
  • Membership Directory

1995

• LDRS XIV and FireBALLS 005 registration Form

1994

• February 1994
  • 1994 Launch Schedule
  • Elections results
  • Range and Safety Regulations
  • High Performance Rocketry Safety Rules
  • Launch Area Diagram

1993

• Spring / Summer 1993
  • AeroPAC donates to Tripoli Legal Fund
  • Club News
  • Rocket Projects
  • Bay Area Launches
  • Black Rock V Update
  • Board Meeting Notes

1992

• January 1992
  • Changes on AeroPAC board of directors
  • Club News
  • Black Rock III - Fun in the Sun - Bill Lewis
  • Researching Information on Rocketry Subjects by Bill Lewis
  • Technical Reports of Interest
  • Aeronaut 2 - Snow and Cold Weather Rocketry - Bill Lewis
  • Project Reports - Static Test Stand - Bill Lewis
  • Project Reports - Hammer V1  - Bill and Dean Lewis
     
• April 1992
  • AeroPAC seeks Alternatives to Fiberglass Insulation Recovery Wadding
  • Technical Information Exchange
  • Club News
  • Black Rock III
  • Fireballs (Balls) 001 launch report - Bill Lewis
  • Approximated Closed-Form Flight Performance Prediction Equations - Jim Gearhart

1991

• Do you have them for this year?

1990

• Do you have them for this year?

1989

• Do you have them for this year?