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High Power Rocketry: Model Rocketry - The Last Frontier (2009-11-22)
Some interesting rocketry promo video clips from the 1970s. Does the narrator sound familiar to anyone? [Read More]

Rich's Rockets: Far flying Scout (2015-02-12)
The model rocket that flew 4 million kilometers. [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Postcard From Vern (2016-08-28)
After my 1972 visit to Estes I sent a letter thanking them for the tour. I got this postcard shortly thereafter: That's what you call great customer relations! It was ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Google Earth Views of Estes (2016-10-01)
On TRF, K'Tesh gave a link to the Estes facility as seen from Google Earth - CLICK HERE There are a few different views at the bottom to explore. In the lighter area at the upper left are ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: "ASTRON" - What Happened? (2017-03-12)
I purposely cut off the ASTRON name from the Skydart decal to match the original kit. Here's a recent comment from the Skydart build decal post: "What??!! Leave off 'Astron'??? NOOOOOO!! Blasphemy! ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: They did what with a Saturn V? (2017-10-18)
This week's episode of the "Big Bang Theory" featured a model rocketry thread in which Wolowitz resurrects some of his old rockets in anticipation of sharing his past joy in rocketry with his ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes Aerial Pictures - Then and Now (2019-01-05)
I couldn't find an old aerial picture of the Estes Industries complex. The general office building is right on Highway 50, West of Pueblo, CO. The main "T" shaped Estes building ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Motor or Engine? (2019-07-15)
On the Centuri Model Rocket Facebook page, Steven Ross posted this: Gary Dahlke responded: "This is the aerospace industry convention: solid propulsion = motor; liquid propulsion = engine. Gary ... [Read More]

Rocketeer's Corner: No party crashers allowed... (2019-10-25)
Estes did some pretty cool stuff back in the day - like l aunching one of their scale Saturn V models at halftime during the Blue Bonnet Bowl . This was seen by a fairly large TV audience, but a ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Centuri Move to Estes? (2020-01-22)
Somewhere around 1976 most noticed a familiar launcher in the new Centuri "Newspaper" format catalog - That Centuri "Power Tower" tripod launcher sure looked like something we've seen before! Of ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Engines or Motors? (2020-04-08)
On the Facebook Model Rocket Fanatics page, Douglas Ferguson posted: " I am sitting here thinking. Why do people interchange the word "motor" and "engine"? Do these individuals not know that that " ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Estes History Video (2021-01-26)
On YORF, Scott Hansen posted: "Here's a great video that was just released on 01/25/21 that gives a nice history of the company. There are a number of photos and videos I've never seen before in ... [Read More]