God Help Us All... Jim's Getting A Shot At TWO New Rocket
Racers!
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The three big announcements at the recent Rocket Racing League
Press Conference were music to the ears of ANN's Editor-In-Chief,
Jim Campbell... as one of the four founding pilots named to this
out-of-this world program, he now finds himself with the
opportunity to take the helm of not just ONE, but TWO new rocket
racers, with the revelation that Armadillo Aerospace will be
powering another airframe -- and they may BOTH be flying at
Oshkosh!!!
First announced two-and-half years ago, the Rocket Racing League
announced Monday morning it is rapidly approaching blast-off. At an
event in New York covered by Aero-TV, the RRL announced its first
exhibition race will take place on August 1-2 at EAA AirVenture
2008 in Oshkosh, WI.
In addition to announcing the dates of the first exhibition
races, the Rocket Racing League also announced the remaining series
of exhibition races for the rest of 2008, the acquisition of
Velocity Aircraft by Rocket Racing Composites Corp., and that
Armadillo Aerospace will manufacture liquid oxygen (LOX) engines
for the Rocket Racing League.
On August 1-2, the first Exhibition Race of the Rocket Racing
League will be held at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI, the largest
air show in the world. For the first time ever, two Rocket Racers
will compete head-to-head in a demonstration race in the raceway in
the sky. Rocket Racer pilots will view the "raceway in the sky" via
in-panel and 3D helmet displays and the 700,000 people in
attendance at EAA AirVenture will witness the racing action live on
multiple large projection screens.
In related news, Rocket Racing Composite Corporation, a
subsidiary of the RRL, announced the acquisition of Velocity
Aircraft of Sebastian, FL, a leading manufacturer of four-seat
canard pusher experimental aircraft. Under the terms of the
agreement, Velocity Aircraft will become a wholly owned division of
Rocket Racing Composite Corp. and will produce an airframe that
will be consistent for all competing Rocket Racers.
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Checking Out the Cirrus SR20, Seeing What It Takes
to "Compete" as An AMT, Looks At The FAA FAASTeam Program,
Flying The Piper Matrix, Hears What's Hot At Blue
Mountain Avionics, Gets Some GREAT Rotax Lessons, Gets Updated On
ALL Things Lopresti, Has A FUN Chat With Corkey Fornof, Sees What
Happens When AMTs Compete, Checks Out The Ltest in Life-Raft
Technologies, Checks Out More "HIGH" Tech at I/ITSEC
2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical Aviation Issues, Spills Some
Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3 Info, Scores
A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!! Do NOT Miss
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