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News Release by Washington Aerospace Club
Sunday, April 22, 2007

FIRE 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:

 o Night rocketry launch
 o Astronomy classes and star gazing with telescopes sponsored by the
   Tacoma Astronomical Society and taught by Joe Witherspoon
 o 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
 o 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
email: bradwr@wrightholdings.com or kent.newman@comcast.net

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.