At 11:00 AM, it was 85°F in Champaign, with a high cloud layer and a NW wind at 3 mph. Although thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon, conditions are clear on the radar for now, so we’ll get

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The Great Annual Rocket Launch of 2019, GARLO 2019, is tomorrow, Saturday, July 20, at Dodds Park in Champaign. This date is the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969. The t

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At 8:00 AM, it was 80°F in Champaign, with clear skies, and a southwest wind at 10 mph. Conditions are acceptable for flying, so we will meet as planned at 9:00 AM in the south half of the Dodds Park

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I have my rockets, propellants and support material all loaded into the Jeep and ready to head over. But at the last minute dumb dumb remembered that the ChuteRelease probably needed to have a charge.

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, August 10, at Dodds Park in Champaign. Setup will begin at 12:00 noon, probably in the south half of the soccer field parking lots. We can fly unt

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At 11:00 AM, it was 76°F in Champaign, with clear skies and a variable wind at 3 mph. Conditions are excellent, so we’ll proceed with setup as scheduled at noon at the Dodds Park soccer fields. - GDS

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Wish I could be there. William

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Did the soccer players ever leave?

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At our meeting tonight, the CIA board decided to change the date of the launch originally scheduled for September 28 to Saturday, September 21 instead. This is to avoid a conflict with a major soccer

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, August 24, at Dodds Park in Champaign. Setup will begin at 12:00 noon, probably in the north half of the soccer field parking lots. We can fly unt

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Our next scheduled launch will be on Saturday, September 14 at Dodds Park in Champaign. This will be our annual night launch, which means we will fly in the afternoon and then hang out a bit later tha

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Due to soccer activities at Dodds Park on Saturday, we'll be moving the meeting time for the launch back to 2:00 PM (rather than the usual 12 noon). Flying will begin as soon as we can get onto the fi

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, September 14, at Dodds Park in Champaign. NOTE THAT THE START TIME IS DELAYED BY TWO HOURS DUE TO SOCCER ACTIVITIES AT THE PARK. Setup will begin

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Love to be there but got to stay in town due to my mom having some issues. Hate to miss a night launch. I've got a great G motor sparky from Loki. Good for a saucer. William

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I'm sorry to hear you will miss today's launch. I hope your mom will be doing better soon. Jonathan

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At 1:00 PM, it was 80°F in Champaign, with clear skies and a SSW wind at 7 mph. Conditions are good, so we will meet as planned at 2:00 PM in the south half of the Dodds Park soccer field parking lots

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It is far too early to make a firm decision, but several of the forecasts I watch predict rain and high winds on Saturday (9/21). If we can't fly this week because of the weather, we will make another

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, September 21, 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

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We need to be aware that there is soccer in the field in the morning that is scheduled to continue until 1:30 p.m. They may be done earlier than that, but we can't be sure of being able to set up befo

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, September 28, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. Setup will begin at 12:00 noon, probably (but not guaranteed - see below) on the east side of the ai

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