Several Flight Demonstrations Planned Throughout Week
The Rocket Racing League is moving ahead with its plans to have
a major presence at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, "The World's Greatest
Aviation Celebration," with the unveiling of its competition
aircraft, flight demonstrations and special presentations during
the weeklong event.
The 56th edition of the EAA fly-in convention will be held July
28-August 3 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The Rocket
Racing League team has been working overtime to meet its goals for
demonstration flights planned for three days of EAA AirVenture
2008. Those flights, planned for July 29, August 1 and August
2, use aircraft based on Velocity Aircraft homebuilt canard
designs.
This marks the first public flights of these aircraft, which
were first introduced in April.
"The Rocket Racing League demonstrations have the potential to
be among the most exciting flights ever seen in the long history of
AirVenture," said Adam Smith, EAA's vice president of membership,
who participated in the initial Rocket Racing League announcement
in New York two months ago. "This is an entirely new facet of
flight, and where better to unveil it than in front of the world's
most diverse gathering of aviation enthusiasts."
The flight activities at EAA AirVenture will begin on July 29
with a single-ship demonstration to open the afternoon air show. On
August 1-2, the first full demonstrations of the Rocket Racing
League concept are planned, using large outdoor screens to showcase
how competitors will fly a "raceway in the sky" via in-panel and
3-D helmet displays during actual competition. The flights will
also highlight the aircraft and engine technology innovations that
make this new competition possible.
"We can't thank the folks at EAA enough for allowing us to debut
the Rocket Racing concept at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh," said Granger
Whitelaw, founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Rocket Racing
League. "Not only are these first public demonstrations important
milestones in the progression of the Rocket Racing League, but by
sharing the experience and thrill of rocket racing with the public,
as well as harnessing the technological and business development
power of the aerospace industry, we will be changing the future of
sports and entertainment."
Along with the public aircraft unveiling and demonstration
flights, the Rocket Racing League is scheduled to make several
other presentations throughout the week, including an evening
program at EAA's Theater in the Woods on Monday, July 28. During
these presentations, the Rocket Racing League will present the
"inside story" on the creation and development of this entirely new
concept in aerial competition.
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