Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
Coming Summer 2021!!
Dates to be decided soon...
About the Event
Great Plains Super Launch is the premier high altitude ballooning event in North America. Started in 2001 by Paul Verhage, this annual event will be celebrating its 20ths 19th year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attracts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonists from the US and abroad.
2020 Symposium Venue
The details for the 2021 Great Plains Super Launch are still being finalized. Please check back in a few weeks for updates..
Dates
Dates are To Be Determined...
Event Registration
GPSL attendees are required to pre-register.
Event registration is closed for 2020. Check back soon for information about the 2021 event!!!
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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Re: Balloons East Coast
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 21:28 pmApparently these are Raven Aerostar balloons launched recently:73 de Mark N9XTN Virus-free. www.avg.com
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Balloons East Coast
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 19:26 pmWhats happening for all the Balloons on the east coast? ALL AT ABOUT 60k FEET Joe WB9SBD
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 19:15 pm? Joe WB9SBD
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 19:13 pmhttps://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/150-5345-43GH.pdfThat was easy to find, but this is all hot air because Joe, you ain't going to be doing aircraft obstruction lighting at night as is required by the FAA standards. Now to find the spec's of a L-864 or[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 18:51 pmFound the spec's 11/16/2020AC 70/7460-1M48CHAPTER 12. MARKING AND LIGHTING MOORED BALLOONS AND KITES 12.1Purpose.The purpose of marking and lighting moored balloons, kites, and their cables or mooring lines is to indicate the presence and general definition of these objects to[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 16:54 pmVery well written James, OK, Now thinking of a Moored Balloon. We were thinking of using a balloon to make an elevated 5/8 wave vertical for 160 meters. Just to play with, an elevated one with drooping radials. 4 of[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 16:42 pmThe FAR regulations are pretty straightforward and easy to follow. From the stories relayed thus far, it sounds like every one of the regulations for moored flight have been broken.The reason you don't fly mega-long wires is because of the chance[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 15, 2021 | 15:46 pmSame here Mark! In 1976 when I passed to General, I of course got on SSB a lot. Being a crystal bound Novice well,,,, Anyway I flew kites all the time, I made scaled up versions of the delta wing[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 14, 2021 | 19:39 pmGood thing no one ever caught me. I flew kites as a kid and I had a spool of string that held 600 feet of line. I would get the kite up and let it all out. If I had to[…]
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Re: Part 101
Great Plains Super Launch May 14, 2021 | 19:26 pmThat's a little confusing, isn't it? Joe WB9SBD
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