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

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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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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

#Launch

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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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 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 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 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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At 11:00 AM, it was 74°F in Champaign, with calm winds and a clear sky. Conditions are – at least temporarily – very good for flying, so we will meet as scheduled at noon at the Rantoul Aviation Cente

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We are on the east side of the field, if anyone is looking for us. Jonathan

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As many of you know, we have a rocket launch scheduled Saturday (4/27/2019) at the big farm field near Forsyth, Illinois. However, the weather forecast is poor. There will be at least intermittent rai

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A reminder that our launch scheduled for today, Saturday, April 27, at the Forsyth location has been postponed until Sunday (4/28/2019) due to the forecast of rain and strong winds. I’ll post the laun

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For those who haven't been to the Forsyth site and are interested in attending the launch tomorrow, you can find directions and a map at "http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#forsyth" Jonathan

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Sunday, April 28, at the farm field north of Forsyth, Illinois. For directions to the launch site, see http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#forsyth Setup wi

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, May 11, at Dodds Park in Champaign. Due to soccer activities at the park this weekend, we will delay the start time by about an hour from our norm

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At 11:00 AM, it was 52°F in Champaign, with lightly overcast skies, and a NE wind at 14 mph, gusting to 21 mph. There is a large area of rain immediately to our west, which is predicted to reach us ab

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, May 25, 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 until

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Occasional rain and winds gusting up to 25 mph are forecast this afternoon. Oddly, the wind was only 9 mph at 11:00 AM, but that seems to be a brief anomaly compared to an hour or two ago. Today’s lau

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We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, 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 until

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