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Sunday, April 22, 2007

ImageFIRE IN THE SKY 2007 REGIONAL ROCKET LAUNCH
Mansfield, Washington
Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, 2007

The public is cordially invited to the Pacific Northwests's premiere regional rocketry launch to kick off the rocket flying season over the Memorial Day weekend.  Each year, rocketeers from around the region and points more distant gather here in Mansfield, Washington, to fly rockets ranging from model to very large high power rockets.  Bring your own rockets to sharpen your flying skills here or simply watch some of the Pacific Northwest's best rocketeers at work flying their rockets up to 17,000 feet above the ground at speeds well over Mach 1!

In addition to individual rocket flying there will be several other activities such as:

  • Night rocketry launch
  • Astronomy classes and star gazing with telescopes sponsored by the Tacoma Astronomical Society and taught by Joe Witherspoon
  • BalloonSat/PongSat Workshop: Learn to build and fly a payload via weather balloon to 100,000 feet with recovery sponsored by the Treasure Valley Near Space Program and taught by Paul Verhage
  • Raffle prizes

Registration is $30 per flier (or $40 per family) for the weekend; $5 per observer per day to help offset site expenses.  Launching of rockets will commence each day at 8:00 a.m.  On-site dry camping is available (no RV hook-ups).

Come on out to Mansfield for a great weekend of rocketry - Fire in the Sky 2007!

Contact: Brad Wright or Kent Newman, Co-Launch Directors  
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If you would like additional information or wish to pre-register, please view the "Fire In The Sky 2007" webpage at http://www.fireinthesky.org.


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