Midland Rocketry Committee

Our current committee is formed of four members who are all enthusiastic about rocketry and the club. If you want to meet them, they will probably be at most of our launches. The committee consists of:

Paul Carter

UKRA L2 RSO

Rocketry Bio
I have built and flown models for many years, like most rocket flyers my introduction to rocketry was by the purchase of an almost ready to fly kit from Estes flying B’s, (I cannot remember its name but it has been long lost and offered as a sacrifice to the Rocket God’s) I then moved to C’s, D’s and Clusters then to Launch Pad kits and 24mm R&R as I love Military Rockets and fin’s (some boy’s like fin’s some don’t) from then on, apart from a couple HPR kits I have built all my own rockets from scratch using RockSim.  I am a Level 2 RSO and once I finally make up my mind on the design I plan to do my Level 3 flight.
I am the owner of Congreve Rockets and Chairman of Midland Rocketry. My philosophy is to fly rockets, lots of rockets safely and to impart knowledge to those younger flyers who will be the future of our sport.
I have to 2 goals within Rocketry firstly to develop and promote UK rocketry and the second is to hold the UK Open Altitude Record which is currently held by the MARS guy’s and gals at 34579 feet.

Non-Rocketry Bio
Apart from living and breathing rockets when I get the time you can find me in Mid Wales with the family either relaxing with a Vodka, fly fishing for Bass & trout, Mountain walking or rock climbing/dangling from a rope with friends.
But best of all is standing in a field with friends looking into blue skies waiting to see deployment after pressing the button.

Matt Gillard

UKRA L2 RSO

Rocketry Bio
Matt started rocketry by building Zinc/Sulfur rockets to teach the gas laws to A level students. I was pleasantly surprised a few years later to discover that there were commercial rockets available. The normal rocketry route followed, with Estes RTF etc. Over a thousand flights later on nearly 200 different rockets, I joined Midland Rocketry to break into HPR. I am an eager supporter of the EMRR website, where I did some background formatting work prior to EMRR being taken over by new management. I enjoy writing review and build threads on rockets, Beta testing new rocket kits and none standard recovery esp. gliders; my favourite rocket being Edmonds Aerospace– Ecee thunder. Now I have been bitten by the HPR bug, my aim is to get my level three. Would like to see more new people starting out in rocketry join the club, you will be amazed how welcoming Midland Rocketry is.

Non-Rocketry Bio
To pay for rockets, I teach Chemistry for a living. The rest of my time is spent with my wife and children.

Adam Newman

UKRA L1

Rocketry Bio
Adam has recently become re-involved in rocketry after flying park flyer kits as a kid and wanting to get involved in something bigger and better and is now totally hooked. He flies mainly in the mid-power range but his love is the high-power stuff after gaining his level one in 2010 using a scratch built airframe, Wisdom. He prides himself in completing rockets to perfection, although this often means they don’t get built that quickly. In addition to big, loud rockets, he has a big interest in electronic payloads and is currently building an actively stabilised rocket with scratch built electronics and altimeter.

Non-Rocketry Bio
To earn enough money to essentially set fire to it on a Sunday afternoon, he works at certain aerospace company in the East Midlands. He lives with his wife (who helps fibreglass his rockets!), new baby and dog.

Steve Mann

UKRA L1

Rocket Bio

As with many early Rocketeers, Steve’s passion for rocketry started at an early age with the construction of colourful fireworks and simple rockets that leapt skywards towards the heavens. (or about 100ft).

After many years of searching, Steve eventually found a new home for his passion of rocketry at Midland Rocketry, where like minded folks guided him down a more successful path to safe flying. (Many thanks to the MRC Team)

Joining Midland Rocketry in 2008 Steve initially started with a variety of Estes model kits before swiftly progressed to much larger scratch build projects incorporating aspects such as clustered motors and rear dual chute deployment.

Helping the kids build and fly model kits at the local Schools Science Club annual launch day is one of Steve Calendar highlights (It’s great Fun!)

Steve would be the first to say that there is a great deal more to be learnt in model rocketry but after completing a successful UKRA Level1 flight on an up scaled DC Gemini (H240) at the 2010 Midland Sky event its always onwards and upwards

Non Rocketry Bio

If I’m not building new projects in the shed, I’m probably up a ladder doing DIY or sat in the garden drinking a glass of wine in the garden with the family J

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