New Zealand Rocketry Association

New Zealand Rocketry Association
A high-power rocket lifts off at Taupiri

The New Zealand Rocketry Association is a model rocketry organisation based in Auckland, New Zealand. The NZRA holds launches and meetings bi-monthly at its Taupiri launch site,[1] an hour south of Auckland, and has an annual launch day.[2] Launch clearance from the Civil Aviation Authority is required for all launches, to ensure there are no aircraft flying through the area.[1]

New Zealand altitude records for single engine experimental class rockets have been set at the launch site by Martin van Tiel at 4,169.2 m (13,678 ft) on 2 February 2003[3] and by Phil Vukovich at 8,378 metres (27,487 ft) on 6 September 2008.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Taupiri to Nasa: We have liftoff". The New Zealand Herald. 4 February 2002. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=888228. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  2. ^ "Getting the blast-off perfect it is rocket science". Waikato Times. 4 February 2008. http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/251808. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  3. ^ Thompson, Wayne (26 January 2008). "Home project definitely rocket science". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10488931. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  4. ^ Hudson, Alice (28 September 2008). "Rocket man soars". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10534614&pnum=0. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  5. ^ "Altitude Records". New Zealand Rocketry Association. http://www.nzrocketry.org.nz/index.php?page=altitude-records. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 

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