Ye Olde Rocket Forum

Go Back   Ye Olde Rocket Forum > The Golden Age of Model Rocketry > Model Rocket History
User Name
Password
Auctions Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts Search Mark Forums Read


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #191  
Old 01-30-2018, 09:41 AM
pterodactyl's Avatar
pterodactyl pterodactyl is offline
Opinions mine; not of NAR or MOF!
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 265
Default Sixty Years

Since the 1958 Chicago Hobby Show the rocket inside this crate has laid unseen and untouched. After its 60 year slumber, deep in the bowels of The Museum of Flight the crate's hinges will once again creak open. Stay tuned February 1st.

__________________
National Collection Images: G. Harry Stine Collection/The Museum of Flight.
Reply With Quote
  #192  
Old 01-30-2018, 10:03 AM
Gus's Avatar
Gus Gus is offline
7/21/61
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North of Detroit
Posts: 2,223
Default

WOW!!

When that one gets uncrated and dusted off, it definitely needs to go on display! Who would have had any idea that still existed?

And I wonder what the reason was for the "vent" holes in the crate. Maybe just to save weight in hauling it around? Only G. Harry...
Reply With Quote
  #193  
Old 01-30-2018, 11:10 AM
tbzep's Avatar
tbzep tbzep is offline
Dazed and Confused
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,610
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gus
And I wonder what the reason was for the "vent" holes in the crate. Maybe just to save weight in hauling it around? Only G. Harry...

So that Aerobee can breathe!

It may be windows so people can see what's inside....advertisement!
__________________
I love sanding.
Reply With Quote
  #194  
Old 01-30-2018, 12:16 PM
BEC's Avatar
BEC BEC is offline
Master Modeler
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Auburn, Washington
Posts: 3,643
Default

Be careful picking that up....one of the hasps is missing and the lid might just pop open and spill the contents
__________________
Bernard Cawley
NAR 89040 L1 - Life Member
SAM 0061
AMA 42160
KG7AIE
Reply With Quote
  #195  
Old 01-30-2018, 02:45 PM
jdbectec jdbectec is offline
the middle-aged rocketeer
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Urbana, Illinois.....the birthplace of HAL
Posts: 468
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pterodactyl
Since the 1958 Chicago Hobby Show the rocket inside this crate has laid unseen and untouched. After its 60 year slumber, deep in the bowels of The Museum of Flight the crate's hinges will once again creak open. Stay tuned February 1st.




Wow! That must be like opening King Tut's tomb!
__________________
Jeffrey Deem
NAR16741
CIA section 527
Reply With Quote
  #196  
Old 01-30-2018, 05:45 PM
rocketguy101's Avatar
rocketguy101 rocketguy101 is offline
frustrated aero
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Duncan, OK
Posts: 832
Default

Yer killing me, Pat! Twitter and imgur are blocked at work (thankfully YORF isn't ) so all day your posts sit there and I have to wonder what you guys are talking about. Could you please upload your photos to the forum so they are visible? This is a neat thread, I just don't get to enjoy it fully until I get home...
__________________
David Stribling
NAR 18402 SR
But it is rocket science!
Get yer Barrowmans here
Reply With Quote
  #197  
Old 01-30-2018, 08:14 PM
tbzep's Avatar
tbzep tbzep is offline
Dazed and Confused
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,610
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rocketguy101
Yer killing me, Pat! Twitter and imgur are blocked at work (thankfully YORF isn't ) so all day your posts sit there and I have to wonder what you guys are talking about. Could you please upload your photos to the forum so they are visible? This is a neat thread, I just don't get to enjoy it fully until I get home...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8
__________________
I love sanding.
Reply With Quote
  #198  
Old 01-31-2018, 01:32 PM
pterodactyl's Avatar
pterodactyl pterodactyl is offline
Opinions mine; not of NAR or MOF!
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 265
Default Sixty Years

Sixty years ago today Explorer 1, the first US satellite. was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida (now known as Canaveral Air Force Station adjacent to KSC). This a model of the Jupiter C launch vehicle converted to flight from the 1/48 scale Hawk plastic model kit by G. Harry Stine in the 1960's.



Meanwhile over at the venue for the Chicago hobby show Harry Stine, Dick Keller, and Mel Johnson were very busy readying the Model Missiles Inc exhibit that would open the next day.
__________________
National Collection Images: G. Harry Stine Collection/The Museum of Flight.
Reply With Quote
  #199  
Old 01-31-2018, 01:40 PM
pterodactyl's Avatar
pterodactyl pterodactyl is offline
Opinions mine; not of NAR or MOF!
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 265
Default 60 Years Explorer 1

Here is a good YouTube video of newsreel coverage of the Explorer 1 launch.

Explorer 1: First US Satellite

Here is a link to a live "A Celebration of the Explorer I Mission and the Discovery of Earth's Radiation Belts" hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/SSB_184089
__________________
National Collection Images: G. Harry Stine Collection/The Museum of Flight.
Reply With Quote
  #200  
Old 02-01-2018, 08:45 AM
pterodactyl's Avatar
pterodactyl pterodactyl is offline
Opinions mine; not of NAR or MOF!
 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 265
Default Sixty Years

Sixty years ago in the late evening of January 31st America entered the Space Race with the launch of the country's first Earth satellite Explorer 1 atop a Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. A few short hours later on February 1st the doors to the 1958 Chicago Hobby Show opened and a brand new company named Model Missiles Inc. suddenly found itself the surprise hit of the show. The Model Missiles booth, with its Space Age decor and a large orange scale model of an AerobeeHi sounding rocket, was soon overrun with hobby industry executives anxious to learn about this rocketry phenomenon. In recognition of this event we descended into the Archive’s basement vault to unlock a dusty treasure unseen by the public for 60 years—the very same orange AerobeeHi model that helped Model Missiles Inc. launch a model rocketry craze that has grown into the global hobby of today.

In this image Dick Keller (left) and G. Harry Stine (right) man the MMI booth. A large orange rocket can be seen peeking over Keller's shoulder. That is an Aerobee Hi model which has not been seen for sixty years. We change that today.

__________________
National Collection Images: G. Harry Stine Collection/The Museum of Flight.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:59 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Ye Olde Rocket Shoppe © 1998-2024