Bottle rockets and Boeing engineer a big day for kids in H.B.

Andrew Jamison, 9, launches the bottle rocket he built as his brothers Quinn, 7, and Cranmore, 4, and father Eliot and grandfather Dick Williams watch during the annual Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach on Saturday. The event was co-presented by Discovery Cube Orange County.

Quinn Jamison, 7, left, with his brothers Cranmore, 4, and Andrew, 9, father Eliot and grandfather Dick Williams watch as a handmade bottle rocket soars skyward Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.

Kids and volunteers launch handmade bottle rockets at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach on Saturday.

A bottle rocket takes off during Discovery Cube Orange County’s annual Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach on Saturday.

Kevin Rausch, left, an aerospace engineer, helps Lylia Nashawati, 6, build a bottle rocket as Suzanne Hashem, right, helps Laith Nashawati, 5, cut string for the parachute during Saturday’s Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.

Vie Wan, 6, ties string in preparation for attaching a parachute to her bottle rocket Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.

A bottle rocket floats back to the ground on its parachute during Discovery Cube Orange County’s annual Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.

A bottle rocket returns on its parachute after being sent into the sky Saturday at Boeing and Discovery Cube Orange County’s Rocket Launch.

Barrett Hauge picks up bottle rockets that had returned to the ground after being launched Saturday at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.

Andy Gregg and his daugther Amelia, 2, celebrate a successful bottle rocket launch with her cousin Wyatt Burns, 10, on Saturday.

Paul Wakerman, left, and Dax Ashcraft-Gabel, both 11, build their bottle rockets during Saturday’s Rocket Launch at Boeing Co. in Huntington Beach.