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Model Rocket Building: The Mysterious Estes Bomarc and Firefly Part 1 (2017-05-11)

On his Blast From The Past blog ( CLICK HERE ), Edward Mitton did a post about the OOP Estes Firefly Parasite glider. That got me to thinking about something I realized about the two kits. The ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: The Mysterious Estes Bomarc and Firefly Part 2 (2017-05-12)

Here's a hand drawn, die-cut balsa sheet from the Estes Mini Bomarc kit. The sheet is marked BF-TK-5 Apparently the Estes Firefly used the same die cut balsa sheet. The Estes designers ... [Read More]

High Power Rocketry: Bomarc videos (2009-10-31)

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Rocket Dungeon: Aerospace Modeling Links (2009-12-23)

{The length of my sidebar has started to bug me.  To rectify said bugging, I'm moving this list from a Blogger links-list gadget in the sidebar to this post.  I'll add a link to the post ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Sport Rocketry, May/June 2010 (2010-05-03)

This issue includes: Coverage of a crayon rocket contest at WHOOSH; experiences from NASA's Student Launch Initiative; a review of the Quest MLAS; a detailed review of a completely modular (bolt ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Contest - Full Circle (2010-08-20)

I got a small package in the mail today from Semroc . I wasn't expecting an order, that came last week. I was surprised to receive a special edition Sky Hook kit signed by Bill Simon. ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: More vintage political incorrectness (2010-11-30)

The Unwanted Blog features some vintage photos of a sexy blond suggestively posing with an F-102.  (photo credit: from the SDAM via Mark Nankivil)  Scott notes (and possibly laments?): ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Review: McCoy's Micro Wonder Works - microBomarc (2011-01-20)

This scale model of the Bomarc surface-to-air missile flies on MMX II motors and uses streamer recovery. The model was built from plans drawn by John McCoy, aka micromeister .  The plans are ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: TTRA Tampa LAUNCH! April 16, 2011 (2011-04-17)

Here's the official wind speed indicator of the day. Judging by the turned back ears on Q.T., the winds were 15 - 20 m.p.h. PIGASUS! made it's Tampa debut flying true with a Estes C6-5. The picture ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Tampa TTRA Launch July 21, 2012 (2012-07-22)

It was HOT today in Plant City, Florida at the monthly Tampa TTRA launch. Hot enough to where you'd rather sit under the shade of a tent than chase rockets. Here's my RED MAX waiting for a ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: BOMARC Production (2012-12-10)

BOMARC Production , a photo by Art LeBrun on Flickr. Click through to see the owner's nice set of rocket and missile photos. [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: Another big photo dump - TGIF (2013-01-11)

First, an on topic photo from my favorite Flickr stream (x-ray delta one)... A couple of classics from The Big Picture's 125 Years of National Geographic . Jane ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: More Old Estes Instructions! (2013-06-12)

After a bit of searching on the Estes website, I found my way to the instructions archive! http://www.estesrockets.com/customer-service/instructions#000000 Current models are here along with many ... [Read More]

Rocket Dungeon: My flyable fleet (2013-10-10)

After seeing ~1/10 of Dave Bucher's huge fleet on Facebook, I thought I'd snapshot mine, which consists of a paltry 233 birds. First sort criteria is a column that's not showing, breaking the list ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: BIG NEWS - Madcow Instructions! (2015-12-10)

You might have noticed only one blog post per day lately.  I've been busy . . . I'm proud to announce my association with Madcow Rocketry . I've been drawing up new assembly instructions for ... [Read More]

Odd'l Rockets: So . . . Where's All The New Stuff? (2016-06-29)

I've been busy! Work on the Odd'l Rockets Break-Away and other products continues. Every time I get back to work on the instructions, something else comes up! I might be called away to do shows or a ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: Breaking news from the rocket vendors! (Part 2) (2020-07-29)

One of the best features of the NAR manufacturer's forum is that you are exposed to new ideas and products beyond your normal hobby experience. This was the case for me and vendor #6, Cris Erving of ... [Read More]