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Article: Rocket Racing League Takes Flight!
- Article from:
- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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History was made today in Oshkosh, WI, as the Rocket Racing League's Rocket Racer(R) took to the skies above EAA AirVenture in the first public display of the future of sports and entertainment. The Rocket Racing League is a new entertainment sports league combining the thrill of flight with the power of rockets.
"Today was truly a milestone not only in the history of the Rocket Racing League and aviation in general, but in the future of sports and entertainment," said Rocket Racing League founder and CEO Granger Whitelaw. "This first flight proves that by bringing together the technological and business development power of the aerospace industry, we have ...