Wow, she must have been a spry lady to catch a rocket!My first rocket, an Estes Alpha, in image caught by my grandmother in 1978...
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I hope you didn’t squat to hook up the igniters!1980
I think that’s a Centuri Excalibur behind me as I am loading my Thunder ROC on the pad.
Did LOC ever offer crafts other than rocketry?
My world... circa 1976: Model Rockets, Model cars and trucks and CB Radios.... I was 15 at the time
SBE 23-Channel radio with an Astatic D-104 power mike ?
Dave F.
By the time I got started in rocketry I was no longer photo-worthy, so nothing was ever taken of the group of guys I flew with either. (Not surprising, because it only lasted a few weeks.) I do still see all of them on occasion, or at least talk to them on Facebook.Unfortunately, no surviving photos of the "Rocket Gang" from 1970's in Cleveland, TN. I remember flying almost daily with a kid named Walter Hamilton. If you're out there, Walt--I hope you're still flying.
Loving this thread. Keep 'em coming.
View attachment 402630 View attachment 402630 Our local CAP squadron provided a demo for the local PM Magazine crew around 1984. This "rocket garden" was set up to help bridge a program segment.
A nice collection. How many have survived all the moves?
I started back in 75 but no pics until this, 95 I think. It was at one of the Roar at the Shore events in south Jersey. My first Rocketry scratch build.View attachment 402745 View attachment 402746
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