FIVE pupils from Royal Liberty School in Romford will be jetting off to Paris next month to represent the UK at the Paris Air Show in the International Rocketry Challenge.
Matthew Batson, Luke Chandler, Dumitru Vulpe, Chandler Benstock and Josh Compton, all aged between 14 and 15, will compete against winning teams from the US and France after they beat 19 other teams to win the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge and £1,000.
Each of the competing teams had to design, make and successfully launch their rockets to an altitude of 750 feet, with an egg inside, then land their rocket, with egg intact, safely back on the ground.
The challenge, organised by the ADS group, an aerospace trade organisation, took place on Wednesday 8 May at a site in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Head teacher of the Royal Liberty, Julia Deery, said: "We are so proud of the boys for their fantastic achievement. To beat 19 other teams of talented young science enthusiasts is impressive but it's the icing on the cake that they now get to compete internationally.
"I know they will have a great time at the Paris Air Show and will do everything they can to make the UK the international champions."
The Royal Liberty pupils also won a trip to Disneyland Paris and a tour of the Airbus A380 facility in Toulouse.
