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tmacklin said:
It is an interesting footnote to model rocket history that Vern Estes came to model rocketry by way of Mile High Fireworks, a firm his parents started in Denver.
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Another connection... the diameter of an 18mm Estes/Centuri engine is based on the standard size of the firework tubing back in the day.
 

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