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Old 01-14-2014, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerry Irvine
Model Rocket Pre-History.

It is generally accepted that model rocketry was started by Carslile and Estes and Stine. While that is true for what evolved into NAR and what we know today in terms of commercial suppliers, there was a pre-history.

Remember first model rockets included making your own motor until it became possible to buy one, and more importantly they were readily available by mail-order.

In this April 1954 Popular Mechanics article, reference is made to hobby rockets, as compared to semi-professional amateur rockets!

http://books.google.com/books?id=Nd...nepage&q&f=true

In a subsequent correction/amendment letter to the editor, the RRS wrote in part:

They make reference to activities conducted between 1943 and 1953 in the 1954 magazine.

Pre-Historical Jerry!

cite:
http://www.v-serv.com/usr/images/Po...hanics-1954.pdf
8mb PDF!

I wonder if this goes into the pin-up girl thread too?



She's roughly the same age as my mother.....
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