Engineering apprentices passed on their skills to a group of 25 MPs during a rocket-launching challenge in Westminster to mark the launch of a nationwide rocketry challenge.
The 2014 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge sees teams of students aged 11 to 18 designing, building and launching their own rockets to “exacting specifications”.
The competition this week was a taster of the main event and saw MPs assemble and launch air-powered rockets with the assistance of the apprentices in their team. The aim was to achieve the greatest horizontal distance.
The team of Chloe Smith MP won the competition, followed by Roger Gale MP in second place and Stephen Mosley MP in third. The apprentices taking part were from a range of companies, including Airbus, GE Aviation, RLC Engineering and UTC Aerospace Systems.
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