Who came up with the idea of flight-converting...?

[LW Bercini]

There seems to be a number of oddrocs that have a broad following. I was wondering where they originated.

--Does anybody know who made the first flying spool?

--How about the first person to convert a crayon?

 

[Micromeister]

LW:
I can't begin to tell you Where or how Odd-Rocs came into the Model Rocket community but I know it goes back at least to the early 60's. The "Birdie" has been an ESTES Odd-Roc Kit for as long as I can remember.

I think my very first Odd-Roc was a mid-1960's 12oz. Plastic Coke bottle or a Cereal box with flip-out cardboard fins both flew on C's..can't recall which came first LOL!!! Some things just didn't get recorded or photoed back then

I'm sure there are plenty of other folks who started out by looking at a piece of discarded packaging or some interesting piece of light weight junk thinking "Hey" that would be pretty KEWL to see fly"

Back then Converted Plastic Models were also considered Odd-Rocs.