Our August meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 7 p.m. will feature an Introduction to High Power Rocketry presentation. We may also cover some of the basic of model rocketry for some new people we are exp

Despite the wind direction, from the northeast, being a bit challenging for Dodds Park we had a pretty good launch this afternoon as a demonstration for kids from the Champaign Park District summer ca

Conditions are acceptable for our Park District demonstration launch this afternoon, so we will meet as planned in the north section of the Dodds Park lots at 12:00 noon to begin setting up. ----- Gre

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As of about 8 am Thursday, windfinder.com and the weather channel now showing southern to south westerly winds tomorrow at about 9. wunderground.com and usairnet.com still both showing north easterly.

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We will be flying some rockets this Friday, July 30 at Dodds Park for kids from the Park District's summer camps. The launch will be at 1 p.m. and should last about an hour. We will meet at the park a

The third time was the charm yesterday. The rain held off until late in the evening and we were able to hold GARLO 2021. Attendance was less than in the past. There were probably several factors for t

At 8:00 AM, it was 75°F in Champaign, with clear skies and a SSW wind at 9 mph. Conditions are acceptable for a launch, so GARLO 2021 will proceed as scheduled with setup beginning at 9:00 AM in the s

We will make our third attempt to hold the Great Annual Rocket Launch of 2021 tomorrow, Saturday, July 24, at Dodds Park in Champaign. Setup will begin at 9:00 AM, probably in the south half of the so

The topic for our meeting on August 3rd at 7 p.m. will be an Introduction to High Power Rocketry. We'll be talking about what is involved in getting started flying larger rockets, with motors of H cla

Part of our agreement with the Champaign Park District that enables us to use Dodds Park for flying rockets is that we do some sort of rocket event for the kids attending the park district's summer ca

We will make a third try at our big annual event, the Great Rocket Launch of 2021, or GARLO 2021, next Saturday, July 24 at Dodds Park in Champaign. Flying will start around 10 a.m. and continue until

This is a two-part article from CNN about the Apollo years as seen by the children (many around my own age) of astronauts and Mission Control crew members. It’s worth reading, but a little more superf

I was looking at the local weather for tomorrow because my lawn needs to be mowed, again. I thought what the heck, so I took a quick look at the forecast for the 24th in Champaign. I know, it's a long

GARLO may be cancelled today but at least I'm being able to help foster the hobby with 9 kids at the Dewitt Macon Piatt 4-H Show. John Hall will have the tough job of deciding which of these rockets g

Due to the likelihood of rain and high winds tomorrow (7/10/2021), we must once again postpone the GARLO 2021 launch. There will be no flying tomorrow, and we will try again on our next regularly sche

Hmm... Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall forecasted for tomorrow. Is there yet a 3rd GARLO date?

I am sad to say that our prospects do not look good for holding the rescheduled GARLO 2021 launch this Saturday (7/10). The current NWS forecast predicts rain all day: ----- Saturday - Showers and thu

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