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Our next scheduled launch is on the 2nd of November at the Woodsom Farm field in Amesbury. Keep an eye on the club website for any updates about the weather and flight date. We'll have a big scout group from Melrose joining us. It would be great if we could have someone volunteer their...

Come celebrate our hobby at the RIMRA Field in West Kingston, RI. Please check their website for the rules and regs regarding the access to and use of the field. There will be a few folks meeting at Oatley's for breakfast at 8 AM before the launch; join us and fuel up before the launch. If you...

Our next scheduled launch is on the 5th of October at the Woodsom Farm field in Amesbury. Keep an eye on the club website for any updates about the weather and flight date. The soccer crowd won't be using the field so there should be plenty of easy parking. It would be great if we could have...

*** UPDATE *** The launch is being postponed to Sunday the 15th. We'll have better weather conditions on that day. Please see the post below. Our next scheduled launch is on the 14th of September at the Woodsom Farm field in Amesbury. Keep an eye on the club website for any updates about the...

Our next club launch is coming up on 24 August in Acton. It will be our last visit to the Acton School Street Fields this year. After this, the field reverts to cricket swarms on Saturdays and Sundays (and whenever else they have scheduled to bat at their googlies and doorsas). As is our...

Our next club launch is coming up on 10 August in Acton. Let's hope the cricketeers understand they don't have free reign and they won't have to be chased off the field again. As is our custom, set up will begin about 9:30 and flying will commence when we are set to go. The day will end at 4...

Our next club launch is coming up on 20 July in Acton. That day is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and man's first steps on another celestial object. To celebrate the event, CMASS will hold a "Land the Eagle" competition as suggested by NAR. Frank D'Angelo is coordinating this...

Our next club launch is coming up on 06 July in Acton. Thank you goes out to Jim Salem for securing our dates for launches this summer in Acton; the cricketeers will have to do with four fewer days to play. As is our custom, set up will begin about 9:30 and flying will commence when we are set...

Our first club launch in Amesbury for 2019 will be on 28 April. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities still available to help things move along smoothly. We'll start set up around 9:30 and start flying about 10:30 or sooner (depending on how many help set up). As of this posting, I'm not...

The Central Massachusetts Spacemodeling Society will be hosting three special launches to give TARC teams a chance to do practice or qualifying flights or to hone their skills ahead of the deadline for submitting your scores. The dates are: 23 February 23 March and 06 April. The launches will...

CMASS will be holding it's annual Winter Follies Launch in January 2019 at the School Street field in Acton, MA. Like last year, this year, we’re going to try to hold it on the best weather day we can muster. We’ve reserved the School Street field in Acton, MA, for The last two weekends in...

Our final launch of the season was scheduled for this Saturday, the 17th of November but is being postponed until some date in the future. When we reschedule, we’ll start set up about 9:30 in the morning and fly as soon as we can. More hands helping will get us going sooner. The soccer crowd...

Our next scheduled launch is on the 3rd 4th of November at the Woodsom Farm field in Amesbury. Let's hope for weather conditions that will allow some HPR flying. The soccer crowd won't be using the field so there should be plenty of easy parking. It would be great if we could have someone...

The annual October Skies launch will take place on 13 October 2018 at the RIMRA field in West Kingston, RI. Some CMASS members will be meeting at Oatley's Restaurant at 8 AM before the launch if you'd like to join us. For those in the Providence are, RIMRA is attending the movie "First Man" on...

Our next scheduled launch is on the 6th of October at the Woodsom Farm field in Amesbury. The weather forecast looks good five days out so let hope that holds up; the only problem is the predicted wind direction - right toward the wires, which would limit or eliminate HPR. The soccer crowd...

It's that wonderful time of year again - the Fliskits Anniversary Launch. But it's also a melancholy event; Fliskits will be closing by the end of the year so this will be the last Fliskits Anniversary Launch. The festivities will include prize drawings, awards for most Fliskits launched and...

With the cancellations due to weather and the loss of the Acton field, we're going to have more opportunities to visit our neighbors. In lieu of the original schedules, we'll have a joint launch on the 7th of July and Maine will have another launch on the 21st instead of the original 14 July...