At 11:00 AM, it was 31°F in Champaign, with a west wind at 22 mph, gusting to 30 mph, and an overcast sky at 900 feet. The wind and ceiling are both unacceptable for flying, so today's launch is cance

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, February 8, at Dodds Park in Champaign. Setup will begin at 12:00 noon, probably in the south half of the soccer field parking lots. Flying can co

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At 11:00 AM, it was 30°F in Champaign, with light snow, fog and mist, a west wind at 8 mph, and a cloud ceiling at 700 feet. Visibility is 2 miles. Although the wind is modest for this time of year, t

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In order to support a test flight of a big rocket by a U of I student group, we’re planning to move the launch this Saturday (2/22/2020) to the large farm field near Forsyth, IL. We will also need to

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Forsyth farm field. We will meet earlier than usual to assist a U of I student group in making a required test flight, a

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Due to the illness of several important CIA team members, we will POSTPONE today's scheduled launch at the Forsyth field until tomorrow (Sunday, February 23). As today, we'll meet at 10:00 AM to begin

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We'll try to fly again tomorrow, Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the Forsyth farm field. We will again meet earlier than usual to give the student team plenty of time to prep their complex test flight.

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At 8:00 AM, it was 39°F in Decatur, with a few clouds at 6,000', and a SSW wind at 13 mph. Conditions are not perfect, but are within our flying limits, so we will meet at the Forsyth field as planned

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How did it go today?

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Only about five flights other than the student launch. The students took most of the day prepping ejection charges, shock cords, etc. They flew on a K1050 to about 3650 feet ( Mark that was it ? ). Th

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I apologize for leaving early. I got wet feet crossing the drainage ditch to recover my Punisher. Gotta get boots

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No reason to apologize! People come and go from our launches all the time and there’s no obligation on anyone to stay from beginning to end. Feel free to stay as long as you’re having fun and leave if

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Thanks, Greg.

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Wish I could have been there...

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I’ve added a smattering of iPhone photos from the Student Launch Project to a new folder in our Outreach & Education gallery on SmugMug. I would welcome any other contributions. The student team lead

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Nice pictures, I wish I could have been there. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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It was a great flight, keep posting updates if possible. Hope I am able to see the actual flight with the drone.

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Neat looking project. Looks like a good group. Mike Z

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I haven’t even had the energy yet to pull the memory card out of the camera where I recorded some video yesterday. I’ll try (emphasis on “try” ‘cause I’m still moving pretty slowly) to add something t

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In response to the many concerns and cancellations related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, our leadership has been debating about what CIA events we should continue to hold over the next f

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