2008 General Schedule of Operations

  

This calendar may be subject to change. Events may be added, deleted or changed as the year progresses. Before attending any event listed here, contact Greg Smith, Director of Operations, at 217-352-9655, 217-840-1678, or through email to GregS@uiuc.edu.

General Schedule Meeting Topics Special Events Contests Complete Schedule
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General Schedule

Regularly scheduled events will be held each month as follows:
First Tuesday
Membership meeting at the Springer Cultural Center, 301 N. Randolph St. in downtown Champaign or occasional special events elsewhere.

Third Tuesday
CIA business meeting at the Village Inn Pizza Parlor on the southwest corner of Mattis and Springfield on the west side of Champaign

Second & Fourth Saturdays
Rocket launch at Dodds Park. Rockets are limited to 4000' MSL (~3250' AGL) altitude and "H" motor impulse by FAA waiver and site dimension restrictions. In late fall and early spring we will hold some of our launches at our alternate high-power sites at the Rantoul Aviation Center and near Flatville, Illinois. At these sites we have a waiver to 10,000 feet. Contact our Director of Operations, Greg Smith, at GregS@uiuc.edu if you plan to fly motors of "L" impulse or greater.

There are often other events added, such as a "bad movie night" at a member's home, or a rocket build-and-fly workshop. To receive announcements of launches, meetings and other CIA activities subscribe to the CIA email list. Find out about the list and subscribe at https://lists.prairienet.org/mailman/listinfo/cia-l. Contact Jonathan Sivier at jsivier@uiuc.edu if you have any trouble with our email list.

2008 Meeting Topics

We have scheduled topics for the monthly meetings this year. However we are always looking for ideas as topics of future meetings.

January Tuesday 8 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocket Videos 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
February Tuesday 5 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocket Design and Construction. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
March Tuesday 4 Membership Meeting
Annual membership meeting and election of club officers.
Meeting Topic: "Show and Tell" about your current rocketry projects. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
April Tuesday 1 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocket Photography 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
May Tuesday 6 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Introduction to model rocketry for new members and anyone who is interested.
New board members take office. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
June Tuesday 3 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocket books 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
July Tuesday 1 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: GARLO Followup 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
August Tuesday 5 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocketry Electronics. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
September Tuesday 2 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Introduction to Medium and High Power Rocketry 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
October Tuesday 7 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Our annual swap meet. Bring your surplus rocket related equipment and supplies to buy, sell and trade with other members. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
November Tuesday 4 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: High power rocketry beyond Level I. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
December Tuesday 2 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Rocket nostalgia and "tall tales". Bring stories and artifacts to share. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center

2008 Special Events

February Saturday 23 Insect Fear Film Festival 7 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium
April Thursday 24 Rocket Into Space
Display and demonstration launch 		5:30 PM – 8:30 p.m. Parkland College Planetarium
May Saturday 3 Illinois Junior Academy of Sciences Science Fair at the Assembly Hall. CIA members will assist in judging the aerospace and astronomy categories. Contact Greg Smith at 217-352-9655 or through email at GregS@uiuc.edu if you would like to help with judging. 8:30 a.m. - noon U of I Assembly Hall
May Tuesday 6 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Introduction to model rocketry for new members and anyone who is interested. 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
May Saturday 10 Build & Fly Workshop
Fee $20, call 398-2550 to register. 		9 a.m. - noon Leonhard Center
June Saturday 7 Demonstration launch
As part of an airshow at Chanute. Time approximate. 		1 p.m. Rantoul Aviation Center
June Sunday 8 Demonstration launch
As part of an airshow at Chanute. Time approximate. 		1 p.m. Rantoul Aviation Center
June Saturday 28 GARLO 2008
Theme: 50 Years of U.S. Spaceflight
All-day rocket launch, followed by an awards ceremony/potluck picnic.
Rain date: Sunday, June 29
 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Dodds Park
August Saturday 23 Rocket Launch
Annual Nostalgia Launch featuring rockets and launch equipment more than 30 years old. Dig out those old rockets and get them flying again. 		Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park
September Tuesday 2 Membership Meeting
Meeting Topic: Introduction to Medium and High Power Rocketry 		7 - 9 p.m. Springer Center
September Saturday 13 Rocket Launch
Followed by night launching of rockets equipped with lights, beepers, etc. 		Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park

2008 Contests

We currently schedule 4 NAR competitions each year. The dates listed are the first dates we will try to hold these events. If the launch is cancelled, due to bad weather for example, then we will attempt to hold the contest at the next scheduled launch. If a contest gets postponed too many times we may have to cancel it.

Details of the contest events can be found in the NAR Pink Book.

February Saturday 23 Rocket Launch
CIA Section Meet: The Rocketeer Who Went Out in the Cold
In addition to the usual sport launches of the day there will be the following contest events.
Events TBA 		Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park
May Saturday 24 Rocket Launch
CIA Section Meet: Illinois Missile Crisis
In addition to the usual sport launches of the day there will be the following contest events.
Events TBA 		Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park
July Saturday 12 Rocket Launch
CIA Section Meet: Insurrection Launch
In addition to the usual sport launches of the day there will be the following contest events.
Events TBA 		Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park
September Saturday 27 Rocket Launch
CIA Section Meet: Missiles of October
In addition to the usual sport launches of the day there will be the following contest events.
Events TBA
 Noon - 6 p.m. Dodds Park

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