{"id":283,"date":"2014-02-25T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonrocket.com\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2014-02-25T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T21:22:22","slug":"grits-winternationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonrocket.com\/blog\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"GRITS Winternationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bracha and I just returned from the inaugural GRITS Winternationals regional rocket launch near Tifton, Georgia. Although the weather provided some challenges on Friday and Sunday, Saturday was cool, clear, and calm – a perfect day for rockets!<\/p>\n

\"JonRocket.com<\/p>\n

We set up our tent on “Vendor Row” near the low-power launch pads. Our six-foot tall “Big Daddy Akavish” stood guard next to the tent. The cotton farm provided an excellent site for launching rockets, both small and large.<\/p>\n

\"GRITS<\/a><\/p>\n

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We had the pleasure of meeting several customers of JonRocket.com. It was also nice to meet a number of local people who had come just to watch the launch. \u00a0We sold a few ready-to-fly and easy-to-assemble rocket kits so we hope to see many of them at next year’s GRITS launch!<\/p>\n

While Bracha took photographs from the ground using our DSLR camera.\u00a0I took aerial photos and video of the event using the camera on my Phantom 2 Vision quadcopter.<\/p>\n

\"Roger's<\/a><\/p>\n

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You can view our photos in the GRITS Winternationals Photo Album at RocketReviews.com<\/a>. I’ll post a video of the launch later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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