UKRA is please to announce the introduction of a its Large Rocket Scheme (LRS).
This is proposed as a means by which insurance cover may be obtained for very large rocket projects (> 10240Ns impulse) through our existing BMFA insurance. All projects are required to be mentored from conception and the involvement of the UKRA Safety & Technical committee is essential. Full details are included in the application forms.

Due to a technical glitch with our mail server, there has been a large build up of email that has ended up as spam and we are now working to get through this. If you have sent mail to SAT@ukra.org.uk within the past 8 months to a year, we will contact you shortly to help resolve and issues or render assistance where we can.
Kind regards
UKRA Council

Aspirespace, SARA, and UKRA are pleased to announce a special flying event in the remote Highlands of Scotland. The event, which may become an annual fixture if all goes well, is specifically for rocket flights to very high altitudes and will be held in May 2012. Discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry Of Defence are proceeding positively and may lead to us being allowed to make flights up to 25 Km / 80,000ft if conditions are right.

In order to support its members, UKRA has reduced its membership fees to the lowest level in years.
The cost of UKRA membership is now only £6 more that BMFA membership on a standard adult renewal and only £9 more for a new member.

In addition to this great news, the council is working very hard to ensure a number of issues raised by membership are resolved and a couple of exciting project come to fruition this year.
Hopefully, within the next couple of weeks, we will be announcing the return of two much missed UKRA institutions.

1. The UKRA National Event.

and

2. The UKRA magazine - "10,9,8..."

Thank you all for your continued support.
The UKRA Council.

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A gentle reminder as we enter the 2011 flying season:

UKRA would like to remind members that they need to show proof of 3rd party insurance (e.g. BMFA membership card) and, if flying above G impulse, proof of certification level (e.g. UKRA membership card) to the Range Safety Officer, so please try to remember to bring these items with you to launch events.

Similarly, we would like to remind RSOs that they should check that fliers have the appropriate insurance and cert level before allowing them to fly their rockets. RSOs should also note that BMFA Youth Group cards presented by students may appear in the name of one of their youth group leaders. These cards can be identified by the designation (YG) after the name of the youth group.

UKRA has had a very difficult time of late, so we felt that it was very important for us to announce actions not empty promises. For this reason, we have been very busy behind the scenes.

We had a 35% response rate on the survey and after analysing all the results, the council has thought long and hard about how to proceed with members desires.
Whilst we acknowledge that there are quite a few issues that require attention, we wanted to concentrate on the ones that the members felt their "Top 5" priorities to be.
With this in mind, the council will focus its effort to deliver the following
priority list -

1. Insurance
2. Safety
3. Legal Guidance
4. Membership Management
5. National Event

The survey has been very useful. However, we wanted to respond not only with the results but also positive news on what we have been doing about them.

We have two working parties meeting over the weekend to continue working on these issues and will make a further announcement before Christmas.

All the best,

Charles Simpson
(UKRA Council)