This magazine goes to all NAR members plus numerous other subscribers and to newsstands around the nation. The NAR also provides a wide range of other services to its members, including education programs, optional liability insurance, and publication of technical literature. The NAR sanctions over one hundred local, regional, and national model rocket competitions each year. NAR clubs and individual members earn points during each competition year which count toward the U.S. National Championships. This is attended by over one hundred of the nation's most expert fliers.
Competition events range from altitude and scale modeling to parachute and glider duration.
These types of questions should be easily answered, and give you some good quotations to use for your story. I have also attached a biography of Astronaut Jay Apt. Questions for Jay Apt, former NASA astronaut 1. You took several model rockets into space. Questions for Rocket Modelers 1.