Welcome to the pages of the Münchner Modellraketenverein e.V. (Munich Model Rocketry Club)! The MMV is the only active model rocketry club in the Munich, Southern Germany area. It is an independ organization providing its members full membership services incl. insurance.

The club is leaded by a 3-members board: Oliver Missbach (President & Secretary), Waldemar Plechlo (Vice-President), Hans Korneder (Treasurer).

The MMV webpage will provide both, members and rocketeers all over the world, with services and information. In our public area, you will find information around the club as well as fotos and links to other sites (in German language only). In the password-protected membership area, members will find additional sources and internal information.

A club with a long history

The MMV was founded on Sept. 29, 1985 by a group of 7 Munich rocketeers who met first 2 years ago. The first board consisted of Oliver Missbach (president), Bernd Foitzik (co-president and treasurer) and Josef Fürmeier (secretary). The club was member of the German Aeroclub (cancelled membership later) and offered members services such as insurance, regular meetings and flights, club equipment and a library. Members joined together to visit events all over Europe and the MMV had a regular presence on local and nationwide model aviation fairs.

For a couple of years, the MMV published a newsletter called Countdown which was later transformed into a nationwide rocketry magazine.

For several years, the club held regular contests such as the Easter Egglofting Event and, along with the Wonneberger Aeronautics & Space Administration (WASA), a club in the southeast corner of Germany, regular international contests. Most successfull was the International Model Rocketry Festival which was launched each year in St. Leonhard, Germany at the end of the 80´s. The festival got internation audience and is still the biggest international rocketry event which ever took place in Western Europe.

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We hope you enjoy our site. Before you leave, please sign our guestbook! To get further assistance on European or German model rocketry topics, pls. have a look at the European Model Rocketry pages! Here, you will find valuable information in English language incl. directories (dealers, clubs, individuals, launch dates etc.) and interactive services such as a newsletter and a forum. In case you want to contact the club directly, pls. feel free to send an e-mail!