New Entrance Procedure at MIS!

 

 

MIS has a new security group in place and with that they have asked us to enter Graves Campground through a different location off US 12.

We will no longer be able to enter the Graves Campground site directly. Please enter into the main MIS parking lot ~1/2 mile west of our normal entrance.

 Follow the signs for "Check In". Be Sure to stop at the guard shack and sign the MIS Waiver Form. Once you're through the gate you'll proceed forward 100 to 200 feet. Turn to the right. The road will take you to the Tram # 9 station. From there you will see the tunnel that goes "under" US-12, follow that to the Graves Launch Site. 

At the end of the day, you may leave the way that you entered.
Drive back to the MIS Security building.
You'll see a Yellow grid painted on the asphalt. Drive up to that point & the gate will open so that you can leave for the day.

It was repeated to us multiple times that this new procedure has nothing to do with our group, MIS has not had an issue with the JMRC and they do not foresee an issue since we leave the grounds in better shape than we found it... so huge thanks to everyone that has helped in that regard! 

March 19th launch moved to MIS

 

Too much rain! So we will have to move the launch to MIS. Bring rockets! Have fun!

2016 Launch Dates.

 

Here are the launch dates and locations for the rest of 2016:

March 19       at MIS
April 9           at Horning #2
April 23-24    NAR Spring Fling at Horning #2
May 14-15     Crap Shoot launch, Muskegon
May 28           at MIS or Horning #2
June  18          at MIS
July 9              at MIS
August 6         at MIS
September       TBD
October  8       at MIS or Horning #2
November 12  at MIS or Horning #2

NAR Spring Fling Regional Contest

April 23-24, 2016 at Horning #2

  NAR Regional contest. Bring your own equipment. Port-a-john located on the field. Nearest restaurants are 5+ miles away. Sport flying encouraged. 3,000′ waiver. $5.00 contest fee.

Events:

B Boost Glider Duration
B Helicopter Duration
E Eggloft Altitude - with altimeter
Giant Sport Scale

Next launch March 19th.

Our next launch and the first of 2016 is planned for March 19th at Horning #2. If the Horning field is not available we will move to the Michigan International Speedway.

Set up at 8:30am. The launch will be from 10:00am -5:00pm. Flights up to about 3000' are fine.

Business meeting and potluck on January 16th.

 

We will be having our annual business meeting, pot luck, raffle, auction and all around good time on Saturday, January 16th at the Grotto Club in downtown Jackson. The address is 102 E. Washington St.

 

All are invited!

Please note date change

Maintenance day December 12th, no launch in December

We will not be having a launch in December but we will have a maintenance day Saturday, December 12th, at Roger's house. Just doing some cleaning and whatever to get stuff ready for the long winter.

You can find Roger at:

4788 Moon Lake Rd Jackson, MI

Start about 10:00am.

Please stop by if you can and help out.

Thanks

 

  Please note change of launch field!

Next launch November 14th at Horning #1

We will be back at our Horning #1 field for the launch on November 14th. 

Horning #1 is northeast of Manchester, on the corner of Bethel Church road and Ernst Road. 3.4 miles east of M52. Please see the "Launch Fields" tab above for detailed directions.

Fantastic Launch!

Our October launch was one for the record books. Fantastic weather, huge crowd and a slew of NAR Jr. L1s. Congratulations to all. 

Venue change for this Saturday - launch will be at MIS!

 

We will be back at MIS for the launch this Saturday, October 10th. The Horning field still has crops and will not be available for our use. We should be there in November.

 

Michigan International Speedway this Saturday!