Estes Executioner, my first Estes "E" engine rocket, built 12/30/01, lost 6/02. PML Black Brant X, an 8.5' tall rocket . Click here for more photos. Saturn V after repairs and with new decals from Tango-Papa. Phobos, my first PML rocket. New Oct 2000. A great flyer since it comes now fast and close. My first Cosmodrome kit, the Nike Smoke. Built 1/02, lands in tree first time flown. Recovered with only minor damage. Later lost it in tall grass 8/03. My fleet of rockets 2/7/02. The PML Black Brant X is 8.5' tall, 4" in diameter and weighs w/o engine over 9 pounds. See video section. The LOC Magnum which I used to obtain my level 2. This rocket is 7.5' tall and 5.5" in diameter. Weighed in a launch time with a J350 engine 10.5 pounds. See videos. Estes Fat Boy built 8/02. Flew 20 times and then lost in forest 2005. AT Gforce, built 11/1/03, flown on G64-4 and H128 engines. My two Orbital Transports from Estes. The foreground one is just completed, it is a limited time re-issue of the original by Estes. My original OT was built in 1970 and has flown 8 times. The original cost $3.25. The new in 2002 cost $16.      A few pictures from the 8/31/02 METRA Launch at Waywaywanda, NY Beautiful rocket on a K550. Everyone is prepping their rockets. Complex rocket taking off. More people getting ready. Anthony B's hybrid ready for take-off. Pads loaded and armed, ready for take-off. My LOC Magnum ready. Magnum on a nice flight with a J350. See larger photo below. My 4" PML AMRAAM ready. AMRAAM with an I211. My Forte with camera payload. Click here to see pictures from this flight. My Magnum returning after main chute deployment at 600'. A closer view of the Magnum on its way to 1650'. It weighed in at 11.2 pounds.