Niteowl, Leo,

Thanks for the comments guys!!! Happy to jump in and join the fun!

Didn't hurt much at all! You know it's a good launch when you can walk away from the launch after shedding some blood, sweat, and tears .

Leo, your site is a work of art! I admire the collection!

-Eric-

Thanks Eric

Welcome to the fold

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Leo

My rocket fleet and more @ Leo's Leisure Site and on YouTube - My latest project: ALTDuino

My Golden Scout #1029 which was graciously traded to me by "moonzero2" (Thanks So Much ) so I could have that particular number was finished today.
I'll go out and fly it tonite.
Have to let paint and decals dry first. Talk about getting in under the wire.
Pictures and hopefully video to follow.

Join the party! I (finally!) started building mine a week ago, primed it last night, sanded it and hit it with gold this morning!

Liftoff in Idaho was at roughly 8:25 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on the College of Southern Idaho campus in Twin Falls, Idaho. The preflight photo shows the Herrett Center for Arts and Sciences in the background, with the Centennial Observatory featured prominently.

The first and only flight of Golden Scout #51 (thanks Carl, Sheryl, and Bruce!) was on an Estes 1/2A6-2. The rocket climbed into the golden sky ('cause the sun was setting, see ) and nosed over. Unfortunately, as you can see in photo #2, touchdown was nose-first in the nearby parking lot (ouch!), with damage to the outer edge of one fin, and typical exhaust charring on the trailing edges of the fins (photo #3).


I'm going to sign and retire this one.


Thanks again to the McLawhorns and Ken Montanye (along with Vern and Gleda Estes) for a *more* than fitting 50th anniversary celebration of model rocketry!


Cheers,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

I flew mine last Friday, but MS is still not colored gold.

I assume Carl hasn't updated the map since NARAM.

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Dave
Fire is the leading cause of fire.
Was once SAM#0132

Mississippi is now gold.
Thanks Carl.

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Dave
Fire is the leading cause of fire.
Was once SAM#0132

Massachusetts/Rhode Island/New Hampshire

I bought three and launched all three in MA on July 4th. I lost two of the three.

I bought three more and launched two in RI on July 26 and one in NH on July 28th.

As some of you read in another post I was looking for Golden Scout# 1029.
It was my Star number before I retired from the Chicago PD after 30yrs.

Bob Forgacs "Moonzero2" saw the post and traded mine for his.

Keeping with the reason I wanted that number I thought that I would finish it differently than the normal all gold color.
I thought about it for awhile and came up with a design that resembles the CPD "Squad" car.

Here is what it looked like when I finished it.

I figured there was some significance to the number but couldn't figure it out. I knew your birthday wasn't in October.....

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Don
NAR 53455
"Carpe Diem"

Race58, that is a neat looking Golden Scout, the paint scheme to resemble a CPD squad car.

Congrats on the 30 yrs of public service, your Golden Scout tops of those years of service.

genimijim