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About Airplanes & Rockets |
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BSEE - KB3UON My Engineering Web: RF Cafe Carpe Diem! (Seize the Day!) Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some form of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle my journey through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which all began in Mayo, MD ... |
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Airplanes And Rockets Copyright 1996 - 2026 |
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My Main Modeling Websites |
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Academy of Model Aeronautics
Estes 1971 Model Rocketry Catalog |
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 This 1971 edition of the Estes Model Rocketry Catalog is one of the earliest that I can recall having as a kid. It is amazing to look at the prices and see a model like the Gyro that sold for $1.25 then, can fetch well over $75 on an eBay auction! I managed to find a Saturn V model in a hobby shop in King, NC, in 2005 for only $80; they had two, so I should have bought both and sold one on eBay. The one I bought was built and can be seen here. The models that I can remember having are highlighted in BLUE. To the left is a photo of me in 1971 with a T-shirt onto which I ironed an "Estes Model Rocketeer" decal. That's my sister, Tina, to my right. We're standing on the steps to our house in Holly Hill Harbor, Maryland.
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