I was going to mention that I recall reading it somewhere in print in the 80's but I had no idea what the publication was. That would explain it. The early to mid 80's timing is about right for all the teens of the space race to have gone off to college, got married, have kids, and get back into the hobby when their kids got old enough.

I also recall driving down to Huntsville and flying with HARA a few times in the early 90's where some of the guys at the launches mentioned they were BARs. That was the first time I heard it in conversation.

I wouldn't be surprised if it turned up in an early to mid 70's publication. The modelers that were around for the first wave of commercial model rocketry (MMI and early Estes) would have been about the right age to become BARs. There were a lot of club newsletters being published back then to write about it.

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