BALLS HISTORY
LOCATION - All BALLS Events are held at Black Rock, Nevada
CONCEPT - Proposed as BALLS by Steve Buck, owner of High Sierra Rocketry. Designated for K-motors and above. It was designed for those who had the STUFF to fly large rockets. Advertised as FireBALLS by AeroPac, and/or Big Ass Load Lifting Suckers (BALLS). Today BALLS is just BALLS, the world's greatest Non-Commercial International Research Rocketry Event.
| EVENT |
SPONSOR |
DATE |
NOTES |
| BALLS 1 |
AEROPAC |
August 19, 1991 |
One day event in conjunction with LDRS 10 |
| FireBALLS 2 |
AEROPAC |
August 17, 1992 |
One day event in conjunction with LDRS 11 |
| FireBALLS 3 |
AEROPAC |
September 6, 1993 |
One day event in conjunction with Aeronaut 4 |
| FireBALLS 4 |
AEROPAC |
July1994 |
Stand Alone |
| FireBALLS 5 |
AEROPAC |
August 1995 |
One day event in conjunction with LDRS 14 |
| BALLS 6 |
LTR |
August 1996 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 7 |
AEROPAC |
July 21-22, 1997 |
Held in conjunction with No-Balls on July 19-20 |
| BALLS 8 |
AHPRA |
August 1,2 & 3, 1998 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 9 |
AHPRA |
September 1999 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 10 |
AHPRA |
September 29 October 1, 2000 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS Canceled Due To 9/11 |
2001 |
No Launch This Year |
| BALLS 11 |
AHPRA |
September 29, 29 & 30, 2002 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 12 |
AHPRA |
September 19, 20 & 21, 2003 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 13 |
AHPRA |
September 10, 11 & 12, 2004 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 14 |
AHPRA |
September 16, 17 & 18, 2005 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 15 |
AHPRA |
September 20, 21 October 1, 2006 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 16 |
AHPRA |
September 29,30 & 30, 2007 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 17 |
AHPRA |
September 27, 29 & 29, 2008 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 18 |
AHPRA |
October 2, 3 & 4, 2009 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 19 |
AHPRA |
September 24,36 & 26, 2010 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 20 |
AHPRA |
September 30 October 1, 2, 2011 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 21 |
AHPRA |
September 20, 21 & 22, 2012 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 22 |
AHPRA |
September 20, 21 & 22, 2013 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 23 |
AHPRA |
September 19, 20 & 21, 2014 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 24 |
AHPRA |
September 25, 26 & 27, 2015 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 25 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 23, 24 & 25, 2016 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 26 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 22, 23 & 24, 2017 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 27 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
Septemeber 21, 22 & 23, 2018 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 28 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 20, 21 & 22, 2019 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS Canceled Due To Pandemic |
2020 |
No Launch This Year |
| BALLS 29 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 24, 25 & 26, 2021 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 30 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 23, 24 & 25, 2022 |
Stand Alone |
| BALLS 31 |
TRIPOLI GERLACH |
September 22, 23& 24, 2022 |
Stand Alone |
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