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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Fw: Open positions @ World View
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 20, 2020 | 23:37 pm------ Forwarded Message --------From: World View
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Re: Don Piccard, balloon pioneer, is dead at 94
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 15, 2020 | 04:32 amfascinating story.Jayant
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Re: Don Piccard, balloon pioneer, is dead at 94
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 14, 2020 | 23:46 pmThanks for posting this.
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Don Piccard, balloon pioneer, is dead at 94
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 14, 2020 | 23:33 pm
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nytimes.com
Don Piccard, a Pioneer Who Soared, Is Dead at 94
By Penelope Green
He
was balloon royalty, the son of scientist parents who reached the
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More links to the Smithsonian Institute pico balloon launches
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 9, 2020 | 18:57 pmHere's the Twitter feed showing some of the students, teachers and hams launching the 11 pico balloons today. https://twitter.com/search?q=BalloonLaunchLive&src=typed_query The main page of the Smithsonian launch event: https://airandspace.si.edu/events/live-balloon-launch-across-america - Bill WB8ELK
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Multiple pico balloon launches across the US sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 9, 2020 | 18:45 pmThe Smithsonian Institute launched 11 of my APRS Skytracker boards from schools across the US an hour or two ago. Here's the Habhub link showing all of the balloons in the air: https://tracker.habhub.org/#!mt=roadmap&mz=11&qm=1_day&mc=40.35173,-111.58133&q=!RS_*;kd4kwl-1;k4nva-1;nw3dc-1;nw3dc-2;ke5bor-1;kg7kyw-1;wa7rig-1;n0tfu-1;ks1las-1;ke0iyf-1 - Bill WB8ELK
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Re: 2010 GPSL Webex recordings
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 9, 2020 | 02:42 amI'm still working on rendering these videos. I got the originals converted, and now I'm slicing up the event and will be uploading to YouTube in the next few days. It's been fun listening back through the old presentations. :-)Zack
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Proposed increase in fees for ham Radio licenses.
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 7, 2020 | 23:56 pmPlease read and fill this out if you object. https://hamradioprep.com/fcc/ In August, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket 20-270 that would create a new fee of $50 for ham radio licenses, as well as additional charges of[…]
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Re: 2010 GPSL Webex recordings
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 7, 2020 | 21:36 pmThanks Zack.I gave the presentation of the vertical pointing antenna; is it possible for me to download a copy of the video? Would you like the PowerPoint slides that I used to give the presentation?Don, WA9WWS
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Re: 2010 GPSL Webex recordings
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 6, 2020 | 13:13 pmNo it's an old WebEx recording format .ARF. I found a tool to convert them on WebEx site, but it was only at ~10% after an hour on an i7 computer. Zack
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