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Old 05-29-2013, 03:58 PM
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Default Old Estes kits in Smithsonian archive

(Sorry if this has been mentioned here before!)
I stumbled across photos of Estes Firing Line kits, engines, and older Estes kits from the Smithsonian archives, including near-case-fresh samples of the Firing Line VAMPIRE, Astron APOGEE & X-Ray, motors, etc. Super-large photos are also available:

Here's what came up under Estes...

http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/cons.cfm?id=13541

These were apparently donations from G. Harry Stine.
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