We are holding a couple of events in May intended for anyone interested in getting started with model rocketry. There will be in Introduction to Model Rocketry on May 4 and a build and fly workshop on

Sixty years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in the Vostok 1 spacecraft. It is rumored that JFK and LBJ were not amused. - GDS

No surprise here, folks. At 10:00 AM, it was 63°F in Champaign, with overcast skies and a SE wind at 12 mph. It's dry at the moment, but more rain and wind is coming this afternoon, with thunderstorms

Oops! Copied and pasted and didn't change the date from the last version! Let's try again. ----- We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, April 10, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. Setup w

We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, March 27, at the Rantoul Aviation Center. Setup will begin at 12:00 noon, probably at the southwest corner of the airfield near the hay barn (but

Here is the Zoom invitation for tomorrow's CIA regular meeting. Note that participants will enter via a waiting room. Please let me know if you have questions, and I'll do my best to get you going. Ma

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Our April club meeting will be held on Zoom again this coming Tuesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. We will be sending out the details on how to join in the meeting in another message in the next day or so. Ever

There is a TRF thread on when to load black powder charges. Or not. Often times like this, those who speak up on such topics rarely if ever quote reliable sources for their information or why they do

At 10:00 AM, it was 56°F in Decatur, with scattered clouds at 12,000' and a SSE wind at 14 mph. The wind and clouds are increasing, with gusts of 20-22 mph expected by 1:00 PM, and rain and thundersto

We will try again tomorrow, Sunday, March 28, to hold our postponed launch at the farm field site near Forsyth, IL. (For directions to the field, see http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#forsyth) Setu

We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, March 27, at our farm field site near Forsyth, IL. (For directions to the field, see http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#forsyth) Setup will begi

Hello all, I have uploaded my pictures to my SmugMug here: 2021-03-13 Forsyth - Adam Rouse (smugmug.com) Cheers! -Adam

There are pictures from our March 13, 2021 launch at Forsyth on our SmugMug site. -- Christopher Brian Deem NAR 12308 TRA 02256 level 2

For anyone interested in or who may be considering the use of altimeters for future flights with dual deployment or just for the fun of obtaining and analyzing flight data, here is a decent article fr

We get beautiful sunsets and sunrises here in the midwest but not like this.

At 10:00 AM, it was 47°F in Decatur, with clear skies and an east wind at 14 mph. Conditions are acceptable for a launch (though on the windy side), so we will meet as scheduled at 12:00 noon at the F

We have a rocket launch scheduled tomorrow, Saturday, February 27, at our farm field site near Forsyth, IL. (For directions to the field, see http://www.ciarocketry.org/maps.html#forsyth) Setup will b

At our Zoom meeting on Tuesday we had our annual election of officers. Here is the list of officers for this year. President - Chris Deem Vice President - Steve Dramstad Director of Operations - Greg

Here is the Zoom invitation for this evening's CIA regular meeting. Note that participants will enter via a waiting room. Please let me know if you have questions, and I'll do my best to get you going