ARGONIA, Kansas USA — Neil McGilvrey and Robert Utley of ROCKETS Magazine are on the field at LDRS27 in Argonia, Kansas, snapping photos.  At the end of each day, they will be sending home their photos at the end of each day, as well as updating the Mach Madness Scoreboard on their website.

MARION, Iowa USA — The following model rocket motors have been upgraded by NAR Standards & Testing to allow their use in NAR Contest events effective August 28, 2008.

MARION, Iowa USA — The Aerotech/KBA  M2900R motor has been recertified by NAR Standards & Testing to correct incorrect data due to a test stand malfunction and has been renamed M3500R.

MARION, Iowa USA — The following Aerotech motor has been certified by NAR Standards & Testing for general use as a High Power Rocket Motor effective August 29, 2008.

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.

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.

ROCHESTER, Minnesota USA — It started out for many as a childhood hobby, but members of the Tripoli Southern Minnesota rocketry club have taken launching rockets to a higher level.