Due to the governor's extension of the stay-at-home order until April 30, all of our meetings and launches for the month of April are officially cancelled. We expected this to happen, but were waiting

Not a surprise. I will update the cancelled events on the CIA schedule. Jonathan

I just finished watching "Moonwalk One." This was a documentary about the Apollo 11 mission that came out in the early 70's. Overall it was pretty good. It was a bit slow in spots, in particular the b

The NAR has extended their policy for the cancellation of rocket club events until at least April 16. They will reconsider the situation before that time and decide whether to extend it again. This me

You can always check the online schedule at http://www.ciarocketry.org/schedule.html We will attempt to keep it up-to-date with cancellations as well as announcing them on this list. Our meeting at th

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It looks like the 2 versions of the film are basically the same, except the one on the NAR channel is in color and has different titles. One of the launchers with the launch towers is painted red. Jon

Is the launch pad shown there, a sawhorse pad with a launch tower on each end, the one that you had at one time? Jonathan

Another, updated version in color, can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZRsSd0ismU&list=PL2965Gzj6Ru9UypCIjPRbvUFU6Qc4WiVA&index=2&t=0s This and more can be found on the NAR Youtube channel

OK. Not as long as I thought I had seen it listed, and not the same blurb that I recall seeing. I guess my memory is starting to go. ;-) Jonathan

Do you remember the name of the film. I'm pretty sure I came across a Youtube page with what sounds like that film on it in the past few weeks. I thought I had bookmarked it, but it seems like I faile

That doesn't seem like the one I was thinking of, but as I said I could be mistaken about it. Jonathan

I hope everyone is well and bearing up under solitary confinement. Looking out the window just now I see snow coming down. I thought I had another video on Youtube to recommend, but I can't seem to fi

The Operations and Schedule pages on the CIA web site have been updated to reflect our current plans for the year. Obviously, there will be changes as the year goes along, but it will give you an idea

I don't suppose anyone is surprised to hear that we have cancelled the monthly business meeting at Papa Del's pizza. If anyone knows of any important business that we should be dealing with let us kno

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GARLO 2020 (the Great Annual Rocket Launch Of 2020) is scheduled for Saturday, June 27. The rain date is July 11. Hopefully we will be able to be flying again by that time. The theme for this year is

Unfortunately that isn't true. We have been lucky so far here in Central Illinois, but it is just a matter of time until we have to deal with it. While some people are over-reacting, the concern isn't

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Bill Weppner's talk at DCL was excellent. Lots of personal observations of the behind-the-scenes activity during the Apollo flights. Jonathan

Some club members will be traveling to Eureka, IL on Saturday, April 4 to hold a workshop for 4-H kids. We will be helping them build and then fly some easy model rockets. The workshop will run from n

There are several events related to space exploration taking place this Tuesday, March 10 on the U of I campus. It seems like there is nothing happening for a long time and then suddenly several thing

In the past we used to try to hold NAR rocket competition events at our launches a few times a year. The NAR changed the way the organize and run their competitions a few years ago and we weren't sure