Midland Rocketry are holding their second National event "Midland Sky" on the weekend of the 17th to the 19th of September 2010.

Location = Twycross 2 Flying Site.

Site Altitude is 4500 feet. We recommend that flights over 2000ft use dual-deployment. Single Deployment over 2000ft will be at the RSO discretion depending on the rockets construction, weight and parachute size.

Range Flying Times Sat 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (possible extension) Sun 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

http://www.midlandrocketry.org.uk/

Facilities

Camping available on-site

EARS are pleased to announce that they are holding a 2 day event the first weekend of June.

This will effectivly be a re-run of the recent Big EARS - but hofully with nicer weather this time. Most of the usual Big EARS faclities will be provided (Loos/Marquee) - but details are still being worked on. The May Big EARS raffle will be extended into this new event.

Scottish rocketeer Rick Newlands has published a book entitled 'Rocket Science and Spaceflight for Young Rocketeers'.

It's a family book: the first half of the book can be understood by a smart 12 year old, whilst the second half is a bit more technical, and is aimed at readers from 14 to adult, so use it to brush up on your rocket science!

UKRA is both shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Erik Gates who passed away aged just 47 on Sunday following an accident on the construction site where he was working.

We would like to express our condolences to Erik's friends and family and hope that knowing he was liked and regarded by so many around the world is some small comfort to them.

http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3130/29/

MRC & UKRA "October Sky" weekend event

The event is being held on the 10th to the 11th of October 2009 at our Twycross 2 Flying Site (Camping available from Friday pm)

Flying Event Leaflet which covers the event is available to download @ http://www.midlandrocketry.org.uk/October_Sky.pdf

Winning TeamCongratulations to The Royal Liberty School in Romford the 2009 winners of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge.

On April 2nd 2009 at Charterhouse School, Surrey, 20 teams from across the UK gathered for the final of the 2009 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge.

Royal Liberty School Team 1, from Romford in Essex, took home the winner's trophy by completing the contest's task most successfully. Teams had to build and test their rockets trying to meet the mission requirements of carrying 1 raw egg to reach exactly 750 feet with flight duration of exactly 45 seconds from lift-off to touchdown. The egg has to travel perpendicular to the flight of the rocket and returned undamaged back to earth.