Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 6, 2009, 2:25 pm
GOODYEAR, Arizona USA — XAVIEN has re-opened for business following the return of owner Steve Kosmerchock. Kosmerchock deployed overseas as a civilian engineer in July, working with the Army'...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 5, 2009, 1:18 pm
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — Located in the midst of the sprawling Pawnee National Grasslands near Weld County, Colorado, Northern Colorado Rocketry's Mile High Mayhem launch has become one ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 3, 2009, 11:19 am
CEDAR CITY, USA — As a result of AeroTech locating several high-quality sources of lower-cost Ammonium Perchlorate (AP) oxidizer, AeroTech has reduced suggested retail prices on its entire line ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Nov 1, 2009, 3:18 pm
TOLEDO, Ohio USA — BoosterVision is proud to announce our newest product line in hobby video acquisition, GearCam DVR. The GearCam DVR is a new mobile video device able to capture exciting vide...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 29, 2009, 6:51 pm
CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — The National Association of Rocketry (NAR) Standards Testing (S T) Committee has certified AeroTech’s new E20W model rocket motor. The motor features an all-new mo...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 28, 2009, 8:49 pm
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida USA — For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new space vehicle, Ares I-X, was launched from Kennedy Space Center today, capping an unprecedented dual...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 28, 2009, 8:32 pm
Rogers Aeroscience is pleased to announce that the wide distribution of the RASAero aerodynamic analysis and flight simulation free software throughout the model rocket, high power rocket, Tripoli Res...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 26, 2009, 9:36 pm
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — In remembrance of Paul Robinson, one of the original founders of Animal Motor Work and AMW/Pro-X, Wildman Hobbies is donating $2 from every AMW/Pro-X reload sold from no...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 26, 2009, 1:40 pm
CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — The Tripoli Motor Testing (TMT) committee of the Tripoli Rocketry Association (TRA) has tested and approved a number of new AeroTech products. Included in the list of new ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 24, 2009, 8:37 pm
In the 1989 baseball film, Field of Dreams, farmer Ray Kinsella is walking his property one evening when he suddenly has a vision of a lighted baseball diamond in the middle of his Iowa corn field. Al...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 23, 2009, 9:18 pm
Each year the NAR shows its support for teachers and students who are active in our hobby by sponsoring cash awards: Robert L. Cannon grants to teachers (who do not have to be NAR members) to support ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 23, 2009, 8:47 pm
World famous author, Homer Hickam and three of the original Rocket Boys reunited at the annual October Sky Festival in Coalwood, West Virginia. The reunion marks the 11th time the event, which is spon...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 23, 2009, 8:07 pm
HOLLSOPPLE, Pennsylvania USA — K and S Rockets is expanding its product line once again. We are now offering 1 military-spec tubular nylon harnesses with sewn end loops in 20 foot, 30 foot and ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 23, 2009, 8:07 pm
HOLLSOPPLE, Pennsylvania USA — K and S Rockets is expanding its product line once again. We are now offering 1 military-spec tubular nylon harnesses with sewn end loops in 20 foot, 30 foot and ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 17, 2009, 6:22 pm
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Imagine an all-fiberglass rocket that weighs just over a pound and an half, one that flies on any 29mm motor from E to I impulse, one that is over two inches in diameter...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 15, 2009, 4:56 pm
BRIGHTON, Colorado USA — A six-year-old boy is missing after a freak incident involving a weather balloon. Falcon Heene is the son of Richard and Mayumi Heene, storm chasers who recently have a...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 13, 2009, 9:21 pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California USA — In celebration of our 13th anniversary, ShadowAero is pleased to announce immediate availability of our latest product. Tired of leaving your latest carbon fib...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 13, 2009, 1:55 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — A new model rocket design and flight simulation software package has been earning good reviews even though the product is still in the beta testing stage. OpenRocket, a free and...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 13, 2009, 11:18 am
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — As 9:00 am approached the rain had stopped and a low cloud deck would limit flying, but there would be flying. LDRS 28 was open for business. The waiver had been ca...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 11, 2009, 4:14 pm
PORT ORANGE, Florida USA — Paul Joseph Robinson, Jr., co-owner of AMW Pro-X Distributors, co-founder of Kosdon East/Animal Motor Works, OuR Project principal team member, friend of many died Sat...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 10, 2009, 9:14 pm
Over the last few years, many people have asked Jim Jarvis of Austin, Texas, how he makes his carbon fiber rockets. So when he had an opportunity to make a new fin can, he decided to document the proc...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 9, 2009, 12:51 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — The United States Postal Service isn't the only mail courier suffering from declines in business due to the use of electronic document delivery instead of the traditional wr...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 6, 2009, 8:18 pm
BALDWIN CITY, Kansas USA — Think rocketry can be dangerous? Imagine a hobby that combines hot burning oil, flammable gases, toxic smoke, silica dust, and 2000°F liquid metal and you have the...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 1, 2009, 8:39 pm
If you ever wondered what makes a high powered rocket tick, you need to wonder no further. ROCKETS Magazine in conjunction with Mark Canepa will be offering Mark's critically acclaimed book Moder...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Oct 1, 2009, 7:39 pm
PAWHUSKA, Oklahoma USA — With over 300 flights over two days and plenty of rocket raffles and competitions, Tulsa Rocketry's sixth annual High Frontier regional rocket launch was a huge succ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 28, 2009, 12:10 pm
CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — AeroTech displayed a new reload adapter system for its 38mm high power RMS
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 27, 2009, 5:48 pm
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colorado USA – Bill Stine and Quest Aerospace are happy to announce the release of their new Future Launch Vehicle, a highly detailed skill level 3 model of NASA's next launc...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 27, 2009, 5:16 pm
VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Wildman Hobbies and Cesaroni Technology, Incorporated, have teamed up to announce their latest certification specials. Level 1: Buy any Pro38 2-grain reload and get the ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 27, 2009, 2:06 pm
The Atlantic Research Corporation's All-Purpose Rocket for Collecting Atmospheric Sounds, or ARCAS, rocket made its maiden flight in July of 1959 while the last ARCAS was flown in 1991, when it wa...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 27, 2009, 1:52 pm
Build a real, high-flying model rocket with your kids and launch it with other Dakota Dads on October 11 at Riverdale Park! Our Dakota Dad rockets are engineered to be easy to build and safe - no Ro...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 25, 2009, 8:22 pm
OVIEDO, Florida USA — Odd'l Rockets model rocket kits celebrate the Odd-Rocs of the past. You remember, the rockets that might coax your Range Safety Officer to call for a Heads Up! Odd...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 25, 2009, 7:54 pm
Doomsday@Dowerin is the largest rocketry launch in Western Australia — perhaps the southern hemisphere — and is run by the Perth Advanced Rocketry Club, Inc. and sponsored by the Australia...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 25, 2009, 7:30 pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California USA — ShadowAero is thrilled to announce their return to BALLS in 2009 with a wonderful team. ShadowAero owner Dave Triano, Dr. Franklin Kosdon, and Robert Briody of...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 25, 2009, 6:59 pm
GROVERTOWN, Indiana USA — Celebrating nine years of operation in the model rocket manufacturing business, Starlight Model Rockets is sponsoring its first National Model Rocket Day on Saturday, M...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 21, 2009, 12:36 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — High fliers of the Tripoli Rocketry Association have had a lot to digest since the Federal Aviation Administration put a new application process in place this past February for ...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 19, 2009, 3:37 pm
Michelle Jorgensen, age 10, Seth Gardner age 11, and Isaac Sulsona age 15 have won the national Reach for the Stars Rocket Contest. The contest promotes the Helping Kids Reach for the Stars Program &n...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 19, 2009, 1:01 pm
Are you a rocketry genius? Do you have a high power personality? Do you love all things propulsive? Does APCP make you weak in the knees? Powderhouse Productions is casting a television reali...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 16, 2009, 12:08 pm
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland USA — Records were meant to be broken and Steve Eves 1:10 Scale Saturn V crushed them all. The iconic rocket went on to set new standards in construction, recovery, propul...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 14, 2009, 9:01 pm
AMHERST, Massachusetts USA — Just over six months after returning to the model rocketry kit manufacturing market, Thrustline Aerospace owner John Rowan-Stern has announced plans to seek a new ow...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 14, 2009, 8:11 pm
DALLAS, Texas USA — A deep space transport sent to Planet RFP-51 is how the Red River website describes the newest member of their family. On its way to the center of the Milky Way galaxy to se...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 13, 2009, 11:36 am
WORLD WIDE WEB — Armadillo Aerospace have officially completed the 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level 2, on a rainy day at Caddo Mills, Texas. Reports came in from various locati...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 12, 2009, 9:00 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — On Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 between 7:30PM and 7:57PM EDT, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch the Charged Aerosol Release Experiment (CARE...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 11, 2009, 10:04 pm
EUGENE, Oregon USA — Tim Ziegenbein of Leading Edge Rocketry has just introduced yet another exciting new LED-based kit, this time it comes with dual motor mounts. The Phantom joins the other ni...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 11, 2009, 9:54 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — The Tripoli Rocketry Association has been overhauling their altitude records program, and is in the process of examining what products to include in their list of certified elec...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 11, 2009, 7:16 pm
CULPEPER, Virginia USA — Battle of the Rockets will be held again this year and the Fall Competition is open to all Tripoli and NAR members for the G and H altitude events. Whoever gets the high...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 7, 2009, 7:16 pm
PRINCETON, Illinois USA — The midwest's premiere high power launch, Midwest Power 7, is scheduled for the last weekend in October and brings rocketry enthusiasts from all over the midwest to...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 3, 2009, 8:13 pm
ARLINGTON, Virginia USA — Registration for the world's largest rocket competition, the Team America Rocketry Challenge, is open to 750 student teams in grades 7-12 from any U.S. school, home...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 1, 2009, 10:05 pm
ELK GROVE, California USA — Quasar One Custom Rockets is pleased to announce the release of two brand new kits this month, the Orion Star and the Nuclear Fission. Both kits can be seen now on th...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 1, 2009, 8:48 pm
WORLD WIDE WEB — Earlier this week, Ken Good, president of the Tripoli Rocketry Association, sent an email distribution to his prefects and the members forum, announcing a new set of research FA...
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Darrell M. posted an article on Rocketry Planet - Sep 1, 2009, 7:57 pm
LAKEWOOD, Colorado USA — The September-October Issue (#84) has been mailed to subscribers and retail locations. It is the last issue of Extreme Rocketry to be produced by RocketeerMedia. Owner ...
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