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This rocket, the Alpha, with balsa fins and nosecone, started
it all in 1969. Flew 6 times before I lost it. |
Just about the earliest picture I have of my rockets, around
1969. |
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Apogee II, Big Bertha and Alpha. Lost Big Bertha after 5
flights, the Apogee after 2. |
This 1971 photo shows
my Wac Corporal (3 flights), V2 (4 flights), Stinger, Honest John, Orbital Transport, Mercury Redstone and
Scrambler. |
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| My Estes Mercury
Redstone, my second oldest rocket. Flown 15 times. |
Scrambler, Tauras,
Honest John, Orbital Transport and Mercury Redstone, 1974. |
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| Scrambler, Sprint,
Andromeda and Mercury Redstone. I still have these four! |
Close up of
Scrambler. First flight with an egg and only 1 out of 3 engines ignited, had scrambled
egg. |
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| Nike X, assembled 5/76. Ready to fly
despite being a lawn dart once (see videos). Flown
25 times. |
Goblin, assembled 5/74. Small
rocket, large engine. Lost June 2000, a farmer found it and threw it out!!!. Flew 10
times. |
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| Andromeda
built June 1975. Flown, crash, repaired. Have flown, crash, repaired, flown (landed in a
tree once). See video. Up 15
times. |
The ASP Wac Corporal runs on A, B,
or C engines. Non-Estes kit. Flown 33 times. |
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My oldest surviving rocket, from 1970, the Estes Orbital
Transport. I sure wish I did a better job of assembly but I got impatient, there was a lot
of wood that had to be cut, sanded and sealed! New decals from Tango Papa off the web.
Flown just 8 times. |
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| The Mark V, a semi-custom designed
rocket based on Mark IV design in old MRN, circa 1969. Lost the first time flown. |
The Flash, lost before I was able to
take a picture of it!! Too bad because it was a Father's day gift from my kids. 8-( |
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Barracuda
finished 5/28/00, lost August 6 in New Jersey. Don't know what exit. |
My
Astrobee D, stands 68" tall. What a great rocket. Flown 13 times.
This rocket flights straight and true, really nice to see take
off. |
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| Estes Renegade after
13 flights. One
of the first Estes "D" engine rockets. |
Estes Sprint, streamer recovery, this rocket
can go quite high. Flown 23 times. Flight 22 shock cord broke,
rocket tumbled to ground but no damage. |
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Estes
Original Scrambler, a 3 engine cluster rocket. Flown 4 times, 3
with eggs. |
Centuri Tauras, my
one and only Centuri rocket and the first non-Estes rocket. This was a heavy rocket and I
had to add another chute to slow down descent. On fifth flight, chute and nose cone
separated from rocket, crashed |
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| This beautiful Honest John from Estes was a present from a friend. Second
flight it landed on a major highway. Got to it before a car did. Lost on
flight # 5, 1975. |
Estes Sandhawk, a nice "D" engine
scale model. Still have, flown 14 times. |
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| This photo, a screen
capture from an old 8mm film, is the only photo I have of my
Estes Arcas built in 1970 and lost that same year on the 5th
flight. |
I found the original
Estes Arcas on eBay, unassembled, still in the original bag. I
bought it and put it together. Now flown 12 times. |
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