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Loading the van in Alblasserdam on Thursday 27 April. Peter Heeren and Remy van Herwijnen assemble the NAVRO launch tower. René Hofsteden carefully reads the manual of an AeroTech motor. Preparing DARE's CanSat rocket. Grains of a DARE motor. Robin Trap with his Cannon Ball. Putting together the CanSat rocket. Placing the aft closure in a DARE motor. The Oldebroekse Heide on Thursday evening. An enjoyable evening followed in the mess. Tim Houmes is playing billiards.

Early on the Friday morning, the visit of the Kadi-car was much appreciated. The pre-flight rocket show. Mark Uitendaal and Leon Krancher with their Spectre IIb. Gerben Ligthart and Peter Leemker in the command post. Robin Trap prepares his Canon Ball. It is in the new NAVRO HPR tower. Unfortunately the forward closure of the Canon Ball's motor failed and thereby only launching the forward part of the rocket a few centimetres. The launch of the Spectre IIb, which cork-screwed heavily, due to the low speed at which it left the tower. The second stage of the Spectre IIb therefore continued at an unfavourable angle. The unfortunately Canon Ball after it's "launch". Harry Advokaat, René Hofsteden and Peter Heeren slide René's AMRAAM 3 in the HPR tower's launch rail. The AMRAAM 3's igniter unfortunately wouldn't work. Harry Advokaat places his Nut in the NAVRO tower, helped by Kees Jan Groenendijk. The launch of the Nut. Deployment of Nut's parachute.

The R-DAS results from Harry Advokaat's Nut.

The CanSat of DARE is placed in the tower. René Hofsteden connects a new igniter to the motor of his AMRAAM 3. The CanSat had a great lift off. But the parachute and the can-sized satellite weren't deployed and crashed. Next was a series of motor tests, of which the firsts was Benjamin Wilkosz's Avalon 008. The test of the Avalon 008. A small fireball escaped from the nozzle early in the test, but it didn't influenced the performance of the motor. Remy van Herwijnen and Mark Uitendaal places DARE's Big Boy motor in his pit. The test of DARE's DX1-EE motor. The test of DARE's impressive Big Boy motor, which has 11.5kg propellant. Unlucky René Hofsteden tried to launch his Optima, but again the igniter failed. Harry Advokaat listens to the beeps of Nut's R-DAS, to get an altitude. The biggest remains of DARE's CanSat. Back in Alblasserdam, Tim Houmes helps to clean the NAVRO tower.