Can Someone Identify This Gentleman For Me?

[milehigh]

He was present at the 60th Rocketeer Reunion back in August. The model he is holding was pretty impressive - a futuristic bird with lots of rivet detailing. I took this picture of him, but it's a bit blurry, so the name tag can't be read.
I also didn't get his name while I was there. My bad!

 

[Bat-mite]

Wow, that's some crazy rocket! Sorry I can't help. My only thought was that there might be an issue of Sport Rocketry from the event?

 

[grapetang]

Nice! Looks like an upscaled & detailed Estes Orion Starfighter!
https://www.spacemodeling.org/jimz/estes/est1343_starfightercombo/est1343.pdf

 

[grouch]

Looks like Jamal Hancock.

 

[jimzcatz]

Trip Barber???

 

[Steve Shannon]

Trip Barber???

No, it’s not Trip. I can’t come up with a name though.

 

[milehigh]

No, it's definitely not Trip.
I wish I had obtained a better picture of that model. It had incredible rivet detail all over it. The rivets were made from glue spots. If I recall, the motor mount was 29mm size.

 

[rcktnut]

Don't know the guy but K and S made 2.6" and 4" upscales of the kit. I remember well, almost bought one: https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/upscale-orion-starfighter.16382/

 

[neil_w]

Well, based on that thread, you know a decent subset of the folks that bought that kit....

 

[Nytrunner]

I know the guy in question. We exchanged emails regarding TARC and highschool team involvement in NASA-SL.

 

[milehigh]

Hi, Nytrunner,
Do you happen to know his name?

 

[Nytrunner]

PM'd you

 

[milehigh]

Thankee!

 

[milehigh]

Thanks to Nytrunner, I found out who the rocketeer in the photo is. I was able to establish contact with him via email. He gave me the green light to add his pic and info about the Starfighter on my blog. The new post was put up this morning. Enjoy!