shockwaveriderz
07-05-2008, 03:28 PM
I've often ben asked why I became interestd in the history of model rocketry.
Well, one reason was because I simply did not know much about the history of model rocketry to begin with, so that was my intial impetus to find out more.
Another reason was to "set the record straight" once and for all.
But mostly, by documenting the truth of model rocketry history allows me to give back to this hobby in my ownw small way. To me, its a labor of love.
Here's an example of why the history of model rocketry is important. This is something that was written in 1975:
"In fact, the credit fo model rocketry's beginning goes back to G. Hary Stine, who wrote an article on rocket safety for Popular Science in 1957 while he was employed as an engineer at the White Sands Missile range.
This article inspired a Nebraska show salesman and model aviation enthusiast, Orville Carlisle, to design the first model rocket and engine."
Does anybody see off hand whats wrong with the above misinformation?
1. Orville Carlisle actually experimented with and developed model rocket engines from early-mid-1953 until by November 1953 he had developed both the model rocket engine and his first model rocket, the Carlisle Mark I.
2. Orville didn't read G. Harry Stine's, article until January 1957, almost 3 years later.
3. Orv Carlisle was an "amateur pyrotechnician" not a "model aviation enthusiast. His brother, Bob, was the avaiation enthusiast .
4. The magazine was Mechanix Ilustrated not Popular Science.
terry dean
Well, one reason was because I simply did not know much about the history of model rocketry to begin with, so that was my intial impetus to find out more.
Another reason was to "set the record straight" once and for all.
But mostly, by documenting the truth of model rocketry history allows me to give back to this hobby in my ownw small way. To me, its a labor of love.
Here's an example of why the history of model rocketry is important. This is something that was written in 1975:
"In fact, the credit fo model rocketry's beginning goes back to G. Hary Stine, who wrote an article on rocket safety for Popular Science in 1957 while he was employed as an engineer at the White Sands Missile range.
This article inspired a Nebraska show salesman and model aviation enthusiast, Orville Carlisle, to design the first model rocket and engine."
Does anybody see off hand whats wrong with the above misinformation?
1. Orville Carlisle actually experimented with and developed model rocket engines from early-mid-1953 until by November 1953 he had developed both the model rocket engine and his first model rocket, the Carlisle Mark I.
2. Orville didn't read G. Harry Stine's, article until January 1957, almost 3 years later.
3. Orv Carlisle was an "amateur pyrotechnician" not a "model aviation enthusiast. His brother, Bob, was the avaiation enthusiast .
4. The magazine was Mechanix Ilustrated not Popular Science.
terry dean