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Chanute Air Festival 8/11/2007 : Central Illinois Aerospace performed a demonstration rocket launch as one of the opening acts at the 2007 Chanute Air Festival in Rantoul, Illinois on August 11 and 12, 2007. An unfavorable wind direction forced us to shorten the demonstration after only four impressive and successful flights on Saturday, and grounded our Sunday performance altogether, but we stayed for the remainder of the festival and airshow to meet potential members, hand out literature and talk rockets. There were also some excellent vintage aircraft on display and in performance during the airshow.

Chanute Air Festival 8/11/2007

Central Illinois Aerospace performed a demonstration rocket launch as ...

Updated: Apr 07, 2008 11:27pm PST

Chanute Aerospace Museum Workshop 6/12/2007 : The CIA helped out with the annual aerospace camp at the Chanute Aerospace Museum on June 12, 2007. Campers built and flew Estes Alpha III rockets with A8-3 and B6-4 motors. After building the rockets in the museum classroom, we went outside on the airport grounds near the museum's aircraft collection to launch the models. It was a nice day and a very successful workshop.

Chanute Aerospace Museum Workshop 6/12/2007

The CIA helped out with the annual aerospace camp at the Chanute Aeros ...

Updated: Apr 10, 2008 4:49pm PST

CPD Building Workshop 5/12/2007 : Every spring, the CIA holds a "build'n'fly" workshop for beginning rocketeers (ages 8 - 12) in cooperation with the Champaign Park District. This year, it was held May 12, 2007 at the Park District's Leonhard Recreation Center. We had to cancel the "fly" part of the activity, which is scheduled to coincide with a regular Saturday afternoon club launch, because of poor weather. Several of the participants did get a chance to fly their rockets at other CIA club launches later in the summer. As usual, the participants built Estes Alpha IIIs with help from their parents and CIA members Jonathan Sivier, Greg Smith, Chris Deem and Robert Brunner. Each one also received two motors, an "A" and a "B," plus igniters and recovery wadding to fly them with.

CPD Building Workshop 5/12/2007

Every spring, the CIA holds a "build'n'fly" workshop for beginning roc ...

Updated: Aug 26, 2007 11:20pm PST

AE100SD Launch at Flatville 11/4/2006 : Students in the University of Illinois' Aerospace Engineering 100SD class launched their semester project rockets at the CIA's site near Flatville on Saturday, November 4. All the rockets were modified BSD 38 Special kits powered by Aerotech J350-L motors. The class built the payloads, consisting of an RDAS on-board data recorder and telemetry system with GPS, and either a still or video camera to take pictures during the flights. They will download and analyze the data from these flights to complete their semester projects. CIA assisted in the design and construction of the rockets and payloads, and ran the launch operation.

AE100SD Launch at Flatville 11/4/2006

Students in the University of Illinois' Aerospace Engineering 100SD cl ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2008 8:42pm PST

Illinois Aerospace Institute Launch 7/14/2006 : CIA helps the University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering department with the rocketry portion of the Illinois Aerospace Institute summer program for high school kids every year. We help them launch the boost gliders and egglofters that they build earlier in the week, and we fly a few of our own for demonstration and fun.

Illinois Aerospace Institute Launch 7/14/2006

CIA helps the University of Illinois Aerospace Engineering department ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2008 7:24pm PST

AE199 Launch at Flatville 11/6/2004 : High power rocket launch held on November 6, 1994 near Flatville, IL to launch rockets and payloads built by the University of Illinois' Fall 2004 Aerospace Engineering 199 class. CIA members also flew their own rockets after the five class flights were successfully completed

AE199 Launch at Flatville 11/6/2004

High power rocket launch held on November 6, 1994 near Flatville, IL t ...

Updated: Feb 10, 2006 11:51pm PST

Boy Scout Demo Launch 10/6/2007 : Demonstration Launch for the Camp Drake Space Jamboree

Boy Scout Demo Launch 10/6/2007

Demonstration Launch for the Camp Drake Space Jamboree

Updated: Apr 05, 2008 11:28pm PST

Paxton Build & Fly Workshop 5/20/2006 : 2006 Build & Fly workshop for the Ford County Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Paxton.

Paxton Build & Fly Workshop 5/20/2006

2006 Build & Fly workshop for the Ford County Big Brothers, Big Sister ...

Updated: Apr 21, 2008 7:43pm PST

Paxton Build & Fly Workshop 5/21/2005 : 2005 Build & Fly workshop for the Ford County Big Brothers, Big Sisters in Paxton.

Paxton Build & Fly Workshop 5/21/2005

2005 Build & Fly workshop for the Ford County Big Brothers, Big Sister ...

Updated: Apr 21, 2008 7:20pm PST

Cub Scouts Launch 5/21/2007 : A group of Mahomet Cub Scouts fly rockets they built at an earlier meeting.

Cub Scouts Launch 5/21/2007

A group of Mahomet Cub Scouts fly rockets they built at an earlier mee ...

Updated: Apr 22, 2008 3:38pm PST

Rocket into Space at Parkland 4/24/2008 : A showcase of local museums and organizations sponsored by WILL and the Parkland Planetarium.

Rocket into Space at Parkland 4/24/2008

A showcase of local museums and organizations sponsored by WILL and th ...

Updated: Apr 27, 2008 3:32pm PST