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I don't really, know, but I think it was an Estes Mosquito when I was really, really young many years ago.
Yes, I'm very lucky to have been blessed with an almost photographic memory, I can remember times dates and places very well.My first flight was in Feburary of 1970.I had just gotten The Centuri Payloader2 and accessories for Christmas in 1969, however my parents kept me from building it until late January, I still don't know why.I can remember being so excited about it i thought i was gonna start running in circles.When i saw that thing leap into the air i was so happy i almost couldn't stand it.That began my life long obsession with rocketry.My first flight was in the early 70's. On a dare I couldn't tell you what it was. Of course, in those days I was more about building than flying (hmm, not much different from today, but nowadays I at least make sure to get every build into the air).
My hat is off to those who can remember back that far.
Great kit.I had one of them right around the same time.Flew like a frozen rope every time, beautifully straight and just high enough to make it memorable.Had a bad bunch of D12's that destroyed it and the Maxi Brute V-2 I had.That was close to forty years ago!Guess I'm one of the old dogs now.
That Javelin was a real spitfire for a small kit.it would go out of sight virtually every time, we barely got it back most of the time.If it flew into the clouds it was impossible to see.Centuri Javelin in 1969 in Shreveport, LA.
Astron Sprite about 1969. Launched from a borrowed square plastic battery box launcher into an overcast sky.
The Aerobee 300 was always my favorite kit.I had one back in the early 70's but on it's first flight it just disappeared and I never saw it again.Never even saw it fly, one second it was there and the next it was gone.Semroc now has one in production so I'll be getting one soon.It's been over fifty years since I started but it's gonna be a lot of fun to start over again.I may have stopped flying but it never stopped being fun, time to get back in the saddle again.It was in 1964 or 65 while attending Central Michigan University. A friend, my future wife and I would occassionally skip Psychology Statistics class and head to a large field that is now peppered with apartments. I loved the Estes Aerobee and will be cloning it soon. Time flies but the memories remain.
It's interesting that that's NOT an Alpha III in those catalog pictures.Estes Alpha III, A8-3, October of 1972. I got the old Estes Alpha III Starter Kit for my Ninth birthday.
Just like this one; same box and everything!
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That Javelin was a real spitfire for a small kit.it would go out of sight virtually every time, we barely got it back most of the time.If it flew into the clouds it was impossible to see.
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