NSLE 2025 with a side of Turkey & GRITS 2025
Southern Area Rocketry – SoAR (NAR Section 571) invites you to NSL 2025 East with a side of Turkey & GRITS 2025. We run Turkey & GRITS every year on these date as a regional launch so it was natural that when the opportunity came up that we would sponsor NSL 2025 East and add a side of Turkey and GRITS.
NSL 2025 East with a side of Turkey & GRITS is run by SoAR, NAR Section 571, under NAR rules. Tripoli (TRA) high-power certifications will be honored, but Tripoli members must fly under NAR rules (i.e. no research motors). Please contact your certifying organization with any insurance questions.
There is a 17,999' MSL altitude waiver but we’re restricting flights to 15,000'. The recovery area is a square mile of cleared recovery area (nothing but dirt); 4 square miles including forests.
Fresh-cooked food is for sale on-site. Porta-potties with hand-washing stations for your convenience. Raffle prizes featuring rockets signed by Vernon Estes, Books signed by G. Harry Stine.
NSLE Flight Card • Range Duty Sign-up • NSLE Vendor Signup
Flyer and Spectator Information
Situational Awareness. Objects often fall from the sky, sometimes at a very high speed. We have rules and procedures to make this activity as safe for everyone as possible, but things can happen if the rules are not followed. Everyone attending must understand and follow these rules to ensure safety.
- Pay attention. Every flight is potentially dangerous to you and your family. If the Launch Control Officer (LCO) yells “Heads up!” he means it.
- If you hear “Heads Up” and/or an air hornblasting, it means that a rocket, or parts of it, is falling into the spectator/parking area. GET UP, SCAN THE SKY, and make sure that you or the people near you are not under the falling object!
- Parents please keep your children under control and are sure they understand these rules.
- Pets; can we bring our dog? Rockets are often very loud; many dogs are very frightened of these loud, fast-moving objects. If Fido is accustomed to rockets then you may bring him LEASHED, and be prepared to clean up after him.
- Use of Radio Control—R/C rocket-boosted glider flights originating from the either the main range or S8 flying area should leave the area directly over the range or spectator areas following the boost phase of flight so that other models may be launched. R/C model flights that are not part of NARAM competition or sport rocket activities shall not be made near the ranges or spectators. All R/C flyers shall be familiar with and in compliance of all FAA UAV regulations including TRUST certificate and registration markings if required on aircraft.
- Please stay behind the flagged flight line barrier, and do not set up your chairs, etc. at the barrier.
- If the LCO announces a flight as a “Heads Up” flight, that means get on your feet and pay attention until the rocket’s recovery device deploys, or until the rocket is on the ground.
- Do not attempt to catch any rocket as it lands.
- Do not pick up or move any rocket that is not yours, unless you have the owner’s permission.
- Park your vehicle in the designated parking area.
- Please keep control of your trash and help us to keep the property clean.
National Sport Launch East—2025 is a Carry In, Carry Out Event.
NSLE Range Duty Signup
Schedule of Events
Friday November 21, 2025
| 1:00 p.m. |
Range setup starts |
| Evening |
Dinner at Sonny's to follow setup |
Saturday November 22, 2025
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
NSLE—2025 On Field Registration Open (Beat the Line, Register Online!) |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Flyer's Meeting and First Shift Check-In
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Range Opens |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Food Service Begins |
| 5:00 p.m. |
High Power Range Closes |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Night Flights Begin |
| |
Special Night Time Event follows the Night Flights |
Sunday November 23, 2025
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
NSLE—2025 On Field Registration Open (Beat the Line, Register Online!) |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Flyer's Meeting and First Shift Check-In |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Range Opens |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Food Service Begins |
| 5:00 p.m. |
High Power Range Closes |
Directions
Google Map to the Flying Field
Location: 346 Lee Wilson Road, Nashville, GA 31639 (near Tifton, GA)
Flying Field Coordinates
Launch site GPS coordinates: 31°16’38.3″N 83°21’09.1″W Valdosta VOR/DME (OTK) 355° Radial, 30 NM
To become a National Sport Launch East Vendor, click here.
NSLE Vendors
Coming Soon.Lodging
BOOK YOUR LODGING EARLY BECAUSE RATES MAY RISE CLOSER TO NSL 2025 EAST
Closest hotel to the field (7 miles)
Our Place Hotel
101 W Marion Ave, Nashville, GA 31639
(229) 507-4991
Example: $130 per night
Cheapest places to stay in Tifton:
Howard Johnson by Wyndham
579 Old Omega Road, Tifton, GA 31794,
(229) 586-8023
Example: $65 per night
Spark by Hilton
1199 US-82, Tifton, GA 31793
(855) 2134329
Example: $55 per night
Super 8 by Wyndham
1022 West 2nd St, Tifton, Ga. 31793
(229) 256-2213
Example: $57 per night
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham
196 S Virginia Ave, Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 635-4347
Example: $71 per night
Mid-range places:
Comfort Inn & Suites
320 S Virginia Ave, Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 375-5903
Example: $122 per night
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
310 S Virginia Ave, Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 256-4488
Example: $84 per night
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
806 7th St W, Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 387-8288
Example: $118 per night
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham
1215 US-82 West, Tifton, GA 31793
(229) 586-8025
Example: $95 per night
Upper-range places:
Hampton Inn & Suites
720 US-319, Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 382-8800
Example: $170 per night
Hilton Garden Inn
201 Boo Dr, Tifton, GA 31793
(229) 382-8484
Example: $178 per night
Holiday Inn Express Tifton
814 7th St W, Tifton, GA 31794
(888) 465-4329
Example: $180 per night
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
401 Boo Dr, Tifton, GA 31793
(229) 520-5135
Example: $168 per night
Camping: No camping on site.
Nearest campsite to field:
Reed Bingham State Park
542 Reed Bingham Rd
Adel, GA 31620
(229) 896-3551
Contact Us
Who is in Charge?
Each year the responsibility of organizing National Sport Launch East is taken up by volunteers from various NAR sections.
Event Director: Jorge Blanco
Host Section
Southern Area Rocketry—SoAR (NAR Section 571) is the host section for NSLE-2025!
All launch activities are governed by the NAR Model Rocket Safety Code and the High Power Rocket Safety Code.
Fees
- Watching is Free and Encouraged
- Children under 14 fly for free but they must register on the field
- If you live in a Zip Code that starts with 316.. or 317.., you must register on the field but will not be charged flight fees per our agreement with the field owner. We will use your driver’s license for the zip code.
- Online Registration $30/Day, $40/2 days. Launch Fees are per person. Save by registering online!
- On Field Registration $35 /Day, $60/2 days. Launch Fees are per person
- Families with more than 2 flyers will only be charged for the first 2 flyers
- Universities, Civil Air Patrol, Schools, Scouts please contact the NSL 2025 Organizer to negotiate fees
Registration
National Sport Launch East—2025 Registration
Range Duty Signup
NSLE Range Duty Signup