Metra Rockets In Pine Island
This past weekend, we headed up to my parent’s house to celebrate my birthday. Just before leaving, my brother called and told me that the rockets were flying in Pine Island, so bring my camera. I packed the Mark III and our 100-400mm lens. When we arrived at my parent’s house, we all hopped into my brother’s car and headed out into the onion fields to get a closer look.
Wanting to speak directly with the person in charge (who is also the announcer), we walked past a long line of tents with nothing but rockets and rocket parts underneath. Though this may be a hobby to some, it is a sport to others!
We were granted permission to sit on the inside of the launch field so that I could setup and capture some shots of the rockets on the pads. There were small rockets, medium sized rockets, big rockets and “freakin’ huge” rockets! Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the latter take off as we arrived at the end of their FAA window. However, what we did see was absolutely amazing! Here are some of the shots, including one for reference to show you how big some of the large rockets were …
