West Lafayette Indiana
Great Plains
Super Launch
The premier High Altitude Ballooning Experience
July 15-16, 2022
GPSL Online Symposium Link
Join Zoom Meeting
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/9132
Meeting ID: 913 2614 2944
Passcode: 855793
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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 22nd year. Hosted in various locations around the midwest, GPSL attracts the brightest and most innovative amateur balloonists from the US and abroad.
2022 Sympium Venue
Dates
The online symposium will be held on July 15, 2022. Any groups wishing to launch balloons are encouraged to on Saturday July 16th from your home location.
Event Registration
There is no need to pre-register for GPSL 2022. The link to the online meeting space will be posted to the SuperLaunch.org website on the night of Thursday July 14. Thank you for your interest in the Great Plains Super Luanch
GPSL Groups.io Reflector
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EOSS-1 (WVN-1) Launched 33 years ago today
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 18, 2022 | 21:55 pmSee video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwamuKBiZowI believe the date on the opening screen is off a year. The graphics were made with a Commodore 64.Jack CrabtreeRetired after 204 flights
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Re: Need a/some GPS logs
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 11, 2022 | 02:46 amThanks Bruce! That helps a lot. If anyone else has some close by, I could use one or two more.derek sigler @ yahoo Sincere thanks! On Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 09:40:12 AM CST, Bruce Coates
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Re: Need a/some GPS logs
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 10, 2022 | 15:40 pmHi DerekHere's one from our SABRE-24 which made it to just over 123,000 feet.73, BruceVE5BNC
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Need a/some GPS logs
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 10, 2022 | 15:18 pmHello. Could someone send me some gps full flight logs? Any GPS with NEMA strings should work. Need to test a few things. Look at me doing Paul's N&V articles from 2009 :)Thanks,Derekkd0pfm
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Re: Hydrogen filling stations for cars
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 6, 2022 | 20:07 pmHi Larry, Interesting thought, if you had the receiving nozzle and electronics to trick the station into thinking it was connected to a car, and the safety relief valve, and the sensors on the fill tankPhysically I'm sure for some price[…]
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Re: Hydrogen filling stations for cars
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 6, 2022 | 16:11 pmHydrogen is usually stored in the 3000PSI range. A propane tank isn't going to cut it. If it is used for fuel on the road it will probably have road use taxes on it so it will probably be pretty expensive.I[…]
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Hydrogen filling stations for cars
Great Plains Super Launch Nov 6, 2022 | 03:38 amThere are several hydrogen automobile filling stations about an hournorth of me. I have seen a video on line how to fill your car.The video says there a special nozzle that senses the tank and alsoseals around the fill pipe.[…]
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Re: Floater
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 13, 2022 | 17:24 pmNice job!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Floater
Great Plains Super Launch Oct 13, 2022 | 17:18 pmWe have a new floater. It was launched at 11:35 AM on 7 October 2022, from the north side of Lexington, Kentucky, USA. It consists of a three foot diameter Mylar balloon, with a Helium fill, carrying a GPS receiver,[…]
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Re: Jack Crabtree
Great Plains Super Launch Sep 29, 2022 | 14:05 pmThere was a Jack Crabtree that sent you two messages via this reflector yesterday which included his email address...If that's not the Jack Crabtree you are looking for, you might want to provide more information to help people identify the[…]
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