SATELLITE BEACH, Florida USA — Thirty-two fifth-graders at Sea Park Elementary graduated with flying colors May 22 after completing Southwest Airline's Adopt-A-Pilot program.

Monday you may have not even heard that Flight 1544 flying from Houston to Cleveland was nearly hit by what numerous witnesses on the plane described as a cylinder shaped object with a long plume of thick smoke pouring out its back.

WORLD WIDE WEB — Paul Holmes of Tripoli Motor Testing has announced today new motor certifications for six Contrail Rockets hybrid motors as well as for Contrail's sister company, Trojan Rocket Motors, marking the very first Trojan hybrid motor certified for consumer use.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada USA — It seems no one comes out on the good end of a divorce settlement, but perhaps hobby rocketry consumers can stand to gain some benefit, according to an online announcement today by Scott Ulrey, owner of Just Rockets and BSD High Power Rocketry.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama USA — A team of enterprising student rocketeers from Utah State University in Logan has won the 2007-2008 University Student Launch Initiative, according to event organizers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

GORMLEY, Ontario CAN — The CAR Motor Certification Committee has tested and certified six new Pro54® reloads using our new Red Lightning™ propellant, characterized by a very bright red flame. All motors feature CTI's adjustable delays and easy ignition system using an e match and booster pellet.

MANSFIELD, Washington USA — Ryan Buettner bolted from the worn wooden bleachers and went bounding over the sagebrush like a jackrabbit with a coyote on its tail.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — Shortly after takeoff yesterday morning, the pilot of Continental Flight 1544 reported seeing a rapidly moving object with a thick smoke trail closing in on his aircraft and shooting past his cockpit window.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — No hobby clubs had requested or been granted clearance to launch high-powered model rockets on Memorial Day when a Continental Airlines pilot reported seeing such an object zoom past his cockpit window, authorities said Tuesday.

HOUSTON, Texas USA — A Continental Airlines pilot said something came awfully close to invading his flight’s airspace Monday morning. But what was the object that was soaring so close to a passenger jet?