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John Dunlop Stewart's drawing of Research Rocket No. 1
John Dunlop Stewart holding
RR-68 on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Paisley Rocketeers Society
Extract from the report of the performance of RR-1 dated 24.11.35
The 30th anniversary of RR-1. John Stewart prepares RR-62 for launch on Gleniffer Braes, 27 November 1965.

The Rocketeers

Scotland's Rocketeers are all passionate devotees to the sport of model rocket flying. They owe a debt of gratitude to The Paisley Rocketeer Society. The PRS was founded in 1930s by John Dunlop Stewart when rocket science was very much the province of enthusiastic amateurs.

The PRS is still going strong and Caroline Barber looks into John Dunlop Stewart's remarkable legacy.


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