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shockwaveriderz
04-12-2007, 03:50 PM
The Chronicles of G. Harry Stine would consist of the following sections/chapters:

0. Early Model Rocketry History Timeline
1. the Carlisle-Stine letters from 2/57 to 7/57 (the text therefrom)
2. ALL of his articles from AM magazine
3. All his articles from MRm magazine
4. ANY pertinent Model Rocketeers from 1958-1969 approx
5. ALL his articles from MR magazine
6. perhaps a pre-history of G. Harry Stine from circa 1946-1957 ? I've done a lot of original work in this area Education.schooling,upbringing,etc
subtitled "will the Real G. Harry Stine Please stand up!?"
7. Newspaper artcile sof the day?
8. A complete and total Bibliography of all his writings
9. magazine articles from other publications..perhaps from modern mechanix mag, air trails,etc

This might be several hundreds of pages in length

Would you be interested in such a book?
All of the above would be on an indexed and searchable cdrom .

terry dean
nar 16158

DeanHFox
04-12-2007, 04:08 PM
Any chance you would include his fiction works under the Lee Correy pseudonym? I've been trying to ascertain how much of his fiction I've got vs. don't have...I'm strictly thinking "bibliography" here, not the works themselves...

shockwaveriderz
04-12-2007, 04:17 PM
Any chance you would include his fiction works under the Lee Correy pseudonym? I've been trying to ascertain how much of his fiction I've got vs. don't have...I'm strictly thinking "bibliography" here, not the works themselves...

Dean: If you can provide me a listing of what you have, I can compare it to Gary Crowell's G.Harry Stine Bibliography. Are you aware of his work?

From what I remember, he really didn't do as much as Lee Correy as he did under a version of Harry Stine or G.Harry Stine.

terry dean
nar 16158

conleyt
04-12-2007, 07:00 PM
The Chronicles of G. Harry Stine would consist of the following sections/chapters:

0. Early Model Rocketry History Timeline
1. the Carlisle-Stine letters from 2/57 to 7/57 (the text therefrom)
2. ALL of his articles from AM magazine
3. All his articles from MRm magazine
4. ANY pertinent Model Rocketeers from 1958-1969 approx
5. ALL his articles from MR magazine
6. perhaps a pre-history of G. Harry Stine from circa 1946-1957 ? I've done a lot of original work in this area Education.schooling,upbringing,etc
subtitled "will the Real G. Harry Stine Please stand up!?"
7. Newspaper artcile sof the day?
8. A complete and total Bibliography of all his writings
9. magazine articles from other publications..perhaps from modern mechanix mag, air trails,etc

This might be several hundreds of pages in length

Would you be interested in such a book?
All of the above would be on an indexed and searchable cdrom .

terry dean
nar 16158

I would definitely buy this!

Tom C.

dwmzmm
04-12-2007, 07:16 PM
I would definitely buy this!

Tom C.

Count me in, too!

Initiator001
04-12-2007, 07:36 PM
The May/June issue of LAUNCH magazine is suppose to contain an article on G. Harry.

Bob

shockwaveriderz
04-12-2007, 07:47 PM
The May/June issue of LAUNCH magazine is suppose to contain an article on G. Harry.

Bob

Ithink, I'm looking forward to this article. Isn't it going to be done by Robert Craddock?


terry dean
nar 16158

Initiator001
04-12-2007, 08:18 PM
Ithink, I'm looking forward to this article. Isn't it going to be done by Robert Craddock?


terry dean
nar 16158

That is correct.

Bob

Daniel Runyon
04-13-2007, 02:30 AM
Price it to where I wouldn't have to sacrifice too many rocket parts to get it and I would definitely take one! I just went to make a purchase earlier and all I could see in the dollar numbers were transitions and noses!

It's no doubt a worthwhile enough project to make happen, and once you get the prototype finished all that's required is print to order when an "add to cart" happens! You could probably get a few vendors to carry it too.

moonzero2
04-14-2007, 12:50 PM
I would definitely buy this!
Tom C.

Count me in too!

Ltvscout
04-14-2007, 02:14 PM
The Chronicles of G. Harry Stine would consist of the following sections/chapters:

Would you be interested in such a book?
All of the above would be on an indexed and searchable cdrom .
Terry,

I think this would be a great idea. I know I'd be interested in a copy should it come to fruition.

Launch magazine will have a story about G. Harry Stine in their upcoming issue. It's an interview that Bob Craddock had with Harry a few months before he died. Mark Mayfield sent me a copy of the story that will be printed. In it Harry talks about such things as how he met Orville Carlisle, starting the MMI company and the NAR, what led to the downfall of MMI, and how he worked at getting model rocketry legalized in the US. There's a lot of other great info in there as well, including his lament of not going to Vern Estes right after he left MMI so he and Vern could work together. This article alone with the accompanying pictures is well worth buying the magazine. Watch for it at a newsstand near you!

shockwaveriderz
04-19-2007, 07:52 PM
scott:

must be nice to be on the inside.

I'm really looking forward to this article myself, to see what G.Harry had to say.
I'm sure it will be very revealing.


terry dean
nar 16158

Rocketaholic
04-22-2007, 07:34 PM
Yes, Yes, and Yes.

I would definitely read this book. I am actually in the middle of reading one of his early books about satellites dated 1957 at the present time.

Ltvscout
04-22-2007, 07:41 PM
scott:

must be nice to be on the inside.

I'm really looking forward to this article myself, to see what G.Harry had to say.
I'm sure it will be very revealing.
Heh, I wouldn't say I'm on the inside. More like I rub Mark's back and he rubs mine. :D

Although, if I'm ever in NY I'm going to give Mark a call to see if I can get a tour of his office in the Empire State Building. Then I can say I was on the "inside." ;)

Gus
04-23-2007, 08:07 PM
Terry,

I'd be interested in a copy of the book.

Let me know if you need a proofreader,

Gus

Daniel Runyon
04-25-2007, 02:23 PM
I hope you don't mind me using this thread for a quick Stine question:

In the Epilogue of The Handbook, it says "Don't pay back, pay forward. That's been the basis for the rise of civilization for a hundred centuries.". I was wondering if these were G. Harry's or Bill's words... I suppose it would be easy to answer for anyone who has a pre-Bill copy. BTW, what was the last G. Harry only edition? Thanks in advance!

shockwaveriderz
04-25-2007, 02:27 PM
The 6th edition was the "last" GH Stine version; the Bill Stine version is the 7th edition

http://cgi.ebay.com/HANDBOOK-OF-MODEL-ROCKETRY-Build-Rockets-STINE_W0QQitemZ230074234912QQihZ013QQcategoryZ378QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


terry dean
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shockwaveriderz
04-25-2007, 02:32 PM
historical photo interpretation:


For those who have looked at the 1st page of "the Last Interview"...


Notice the bottom right photo?

Notice the car? Its a "woody" station wagon it appears.

Can anybody ID the vehicle any further? the picture is from March 24, 1957.

tia

Heres some "historical" backstory on the picture:


Also anybody notice the name "Tombaugh" . Clyde Tombaugh was the guy that discovered the ex-planet "Pluto"; this was his son Alden . G. Harry Stine, while he was in college at Colorado College in Colorado Spings, CO, travelled to WSPG to meet Clyde Tombaugh. It seems that Tombaugh was in charge of the optical photography systems that tracked WSPG missles. Its my understanding that G. Harry had a job waiting for him at WSPG once he graduated from Colorado College with a BA in Physics in May 1952. Both Tombaugh and G.Harry Stine died in 1997.



terry dean
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Royatl
04-25-2007, 02:53 PM
I hope you don't mind me using this thread for a quick Stine question:

In the Epilogue of The Handbook, it says "Don't pay back, pay forward. That's been the basis for the rise of civilization for a hundred centuries.". I was wondering if these were G. Harry's or Bill's words... I suppose it would be easy to answer for anyone who has a pre-Bill copy. BTW, what was the last G. Harry only edition? Thanks in advance!

I *think* it was in the first edition way back in '65. My copy is in a box in the trunk of my car at the moment. I'll fish it out and confirm it. In any case, it is definitely a Harry quote.

shockwaveriderz
04-25-2007, 02:59 PM
My '65 Epilouge is differnt from that quoted..

but in the Foreword it states:

Once I asked one of these men what I could do to repay him. "Do the same for others when you grow up," he told me. In the Space Age Hobby of model rocketry, I have found a way to do this.

sounds like pay forward to me?

terry dean
nar 16158

Daniel Runyon
04-25-2007, 03:07 PM
My '65 Epilouge is differnt from that quoted..

but in the Foreword it states:

Once I asked one of these men what I could do to repay him. "Do the same for others when you grow up," he told me. In the Space Age Hobby of model rocketry, I have found a way to do this.

sounds like pay forward to me?


Well, that parts in the Foreword of the 7th edition too, definitely two distinct quotes.

BTW, Roy, leave that first addition in your trunk for me... I'd like to take a peek at it Saturday. I found out that I need to have my wife at the airport around 9ish, and the launch site is about an hour from there... should be there around 10-11ish!

Royatl
04-25-2007, 04:58 PM
Don't rush, we'll be there 'til 3pm.

Rocketking
04-25-2007, 06:21 PM
I too had purchased the first edition of the HMR from the Smithsonian's giftshop on a visit to the Air & Space Museum with my family in (I believe) 1967.

That copy was ragged-eared in no time, and was given away to a 'youngster' that I was 'mentoring' in model rocketry through the years.

Keep us posted on the creation of this masterpiece, please.

pterodactyl
05-11-2007, 11:26 PM
Historic Model Rocketry Artifacts Find Home in Pacific NW

Important model rocketry artifacts from the estate of model rocketry founder and
icon G. Harry Stine will soon be on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight as
part of a new space exploration exhibit. The early artifacts include some of
the first model rockets from inventor Orville Carlisle and early kits produced
by the first model rocketry company, Model Missiles Incorporated, which Stine
founded.

Members of the Stine Family, Mrs. Barbara K Stine, Bill Stine, President of
Quest Aerospace, and Connie Stine will attend a black tie event at the Museum on
June 9 along with Launch Magazine editor Mark Mayfield.

The new Museum of Flight exhibit Space: The Next Frontier, will open to the
public on Sunday June 10th. For more information on the Museum of Flight visit:
www.museumofflight.org

SEL
05-12-2007, 11:18 AM
Historic Model Rocketry Artifacts Find Home in Pacific NW

Important model rocketry artifacts from the estate of model rocketry founder and
icon G. Harry Stine will soon be on display at the Seattle Museum of Flight as
part of a new space exploration exhibit. The early artifacts include some of
the first model rockets from inventor Orville Carlisle and early kits produced
by the first model rocketry company, Model Missiles Incorporated, which Stine
founded.

Members of the Stine Family, Mrs. Barbara K Stine, Bill Stine, President of
Quest Aerospace, and Connie Stine will attend a black tie event at the Museum on
June 9 along with Launch Magazine editor Mark Mayfield.

The new Museum of Flight exhibit Space: The Next Frontier, will open to the
public on Sunday June 10th. For more information on the Museum of Flight visit:
www.museumofflight.org

Are the items on loan, or will they be part of a permanent display? Is the black tie event open to th public, or a pivateaffair? I'm only about a 3 hour drive from Seattle - maybe i could convince my wife we shoud go visit her parents up in Everett that weekend ;)

Sean

pterodactyl
05-12-2007, 12:20 PM
The items are on loan as part of a permanent display, so a bit of both. G. Harry and Homer Hickam are an interesting combination.

If the plan proceeds as expected, the Museum of Flight will become home to the 'Stine Archive' and the long awaited 'model rocketry museum'.

As far as I can tell the gala is a private affair with public unveiling on Sunday June 10. The gala is a salute to the X-15 so there could be some pretty interesting people lurking around there during the weekend. As part of the festivities historian Richard Hallion is giving a talk on the X-15 Saturday afternoon.