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Rocket N00b: Vintage Estes Cineroc Film - Lucerne, 1975 (2016-10-21)

Image from The Rocketry Forum user K'Tesh's magnificent thread of OpenRocket files Last night, on the Facebook group Space Hipsters , someone posted something I found ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr. Cineroc' Part 1 (2018-04-23)

Back in 1976, I received a letter in the mail from Silver Spring, MD, dated October 16th  and signed by a gentleman by the name of Herb Desind. In the letter Mr. Desind stated that he was a ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr Cineroc' - Part 2 - The Mad Scientist (2018-04-24)

In a November 17, 1977 letter, Herb sent along this photo... Referred to as his 'Mad Scientist' picture, it shows Herb and the launch of a two-staged Vigilante carrying, (what else?) a  ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin Out With 'Mr. Cineroc' - Part 3 - One Of Herb's Rockets (2018-04-25)

Here is another photo which Herb Desind sent along in one of his letters....  Following is an excerpt describing this flight: " This rocket pictured is my very first 2-stage F-100 ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' With 'Mr Cineroc' - Part 4 The Day I Lost Herb's Rocket (2018-04-26)

Following is a tale of woe and sorrow surrounding an ill-fated Cineroc flight which I conducted for Herb Desind: This event occurred in the Winter of 1977 - I don't remember the precise date -when I ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr. Cineroc' - Part 5 - Herb at NARWIN-1 (2018-04-27)

In a letter dated January 6, 1978, Herb wrote; "Now on to other things.  I went to NARWIN-1 'Winter Nationals' in Phoenix over Christmas.  They were great and well run.  I met Stine, ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With Mr. Cineroc, Part 6 - Us Guys Here In Colorado (2018-04-28)

At the time that I was corresponding with Herb Desind starting in 1976, the local rocket club I belonged to (Skywatchers/ROMAR) had dwindled to only five or six regular members.  We had ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr. Cineroc', Part 7 - Herb, The Science Teacher (2018-04-30)

In a short letter dated February 24, 1978, Herb enclosed a newspaper clipping with a photo.  This was a rocket demonstration launch conducted at Eisenhower Junior High School , presumably ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr. Cineroc' Part 8 - I Found 'Em !! (2018-05-01)

After much moving boxes around, rummaging, and sustaining a cut on my finger, I found two 8mm film reels containing some Cineroc flight footage I had taken for Herb Desind.  These were processed ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With Mr. Cineroc, Part 8 - One more Anecdote... (2018-05-02)

In a letter dated September 13, 1978, Herb wrote the following: "First, I think it is funny as hell how the Estes R&D guy saw your rocket bust.  I am glad the Cineroc is OK.  ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Hangin' Out With 'Mr. Cineroc', Part 9 - Wrappin' Things Up (2018-05-04)

Well, boys and girls, this is likely the final post in the main body of this series about Herb Desind.   The final letter from Herb  I possess is from late 1978.  I am not sure why we ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: New Cameras! (2013-02-12)

I finally bought a key chain camera at the last Tampa TTRA launch. It's amazing that a Estes Cineroc sold for $19.95 back in the 1970s. This keychain camera sold  for $20.00 in 2013! Digital ... [Read More]

JonRocket.com: Parasite Gliders (2013-10-31)

When I was young, my favorite rocket was the Estes Omega.  I had saved for weeks to purchase the Omega and the Cineroc movie camera payload for it.  I flew the Omega only once with the ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes Suggestions From TRF (2015-01-20)

John Boren from Estes (Jumpjet of TRF) asked for product suggestions: "Maybe someone can start a positive thread on what people believe Estes should produce, and no, the B14 motor isn't going to ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: The rocket's perspective... (2016-01-30)

Rocket videos go by so fast in real time; it takes stepping through frame by frame to uncover the neat stuff. I really liked the onboard video from today's RX-16 flight - the colors reminded me of ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Throwback Thursday Pic 1 (2016-02-18)

Here's an old picture from the mid 1970s. This is a convention, display model I built for AVI (Aerospace Vehicles Incorporated) It's the old MPC Nike Patriot. What's so interesting about this ... [Read More]

Rocket N00b: K'Tesh! A Chat with Jim Parsons, OpenRocket Wizard - The Model Rocket Show (2020-05-11)

Jim Parsons' OpenRocket sim of the Estes Cineroc and Omega The latest episode of The Model Rocket Show podcast is up, and I'm talking with Jim Parsons. You may know Jim by the username K'Tesh on The ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Back In The Day, Part 34 - The Ru-Jan Demos. (2020-10-27)

 The Rocky Mountain Association of Rocketry/Skywatchers Rocket Club of Colorado Springs was featured in a series of annual Spring demonstration launches that spanned the group's entire eleven ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Back In The Day, Part 51 - The Old Fleet Mountaineers (2023-04-26)

Having just completed the Mountaineer IV model rocket, I thought it would be a good time to re-cap the history of this series.  In the late 1970s, I flew three Omega Mountaineer model rockets ... [Read More]