NEW YORK, New York USA — LAUNCH Magazine is providing regular updates from U.S. team member George Gassaway at the 17th FAI World Spacemodeling Championships in Lleida, Spain. Gassaway, one of America’s top model rocketeers, is competing in three events in Spain.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry, Inc. is pleased to offer money saving packages of their kits bundled with AeroTech reloads and hardware. These are available at LDRS only. All kits in phenolic versions only. Limit supply. Subject to availability while combo packs last.

CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — AeroTech Consumer Aerospace would like to extend an invitation to the rocketry media, consumers and dealers attending LDRS-27 near Argonia, Kansas to share our excitement as we bring you a number of new high-power rocket product announcements and flight demonstrations.

WORLD WIDE WEB — Curt von Delius, not to be denied, flew his carbon fiber flyweight 75mm minimum diameter rocket again August 1st at Black Rock's Aeronaut launch, clinching the Tripoli's M-class altitude record with a GPS-verified altitude of 37,762 feet, according to Erik Gates, TRA Ad Hoc Records Chair.

GORMLEY, Ontario CAN — The CAR Motor Certification Committee has tested and certified a new Pro98® reload kit using our popular Red Lightning™ propellant. The new N3180 motor was certified for use in both Pro98-6G and AeroTech RMS™ 98/15360 hardware using the 98XL nozzle for maximum performance.

FORT COLLINS, Colorado USA — Edward Wranosky of Alpha Hybrids has posted photos and video of his recent test firings of his conceptual integration of an aerospike nozzle on one of his experimental hybrid rocket motors. Wranosky stated he saw an increase of about 2.5% on a non-optimized version of the motor.

KINGUSSIE, Highland UK — The group of UK rocketeers responsible for the Top Gear Reliant Robin space shuttle launch in 2007 made another launch this summer for a BBC TV's kid's television show better known for making models from empty dish washing soap bottles and adhesive-backed vinyl called Blue Peter.

BURLINGTON, Vermont USA — Kevin O'Classen, of Goshen, Vermont, was featured this weekend on the Burlington Free Press' website flying his high powered rocket.  The scratch-built 60 pound rocket flew on a Contrail L2525 and as far as O'Classen knows, represents the largest hobby rocket flown in the state.

JONESBORO, Georgia USA — Fly'em High Rockets is pleased to announce their new model rocket Cluster Whips, igniter clip sets for firing multiple model rocket engines at one time when used in clusters.  The Cluster Whips are manufactured in-house and come in sizes to ignite 4, 6, 8 and 10 engines at once.

GORMLEY, Ontario CAN — The CAR Motor Certification Committee has tested and certified a new Pro54® Dual Thrust™ reload kit using our popular Classic™ propellant. The Dual Thrust motors simulate the concept of a two-stage rocket, but without the complexity of separate stages, multiple airframe components and staging electronics.