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    Lee Piester Talk at Museum Of Flight (2016-10-18)
    Rick Piester posted this link on Facebook: "Here's my dad telling the story of Centuri Engineering at the Seattle Museum of Flight."   If you haven't seen it, highly recommended - ... [Read More]

    NARAM 60 Saturday, August 4, Rocketeer Reunion (2018-08-05)
    The first day of launches at the NARRAM field was a sport launch. A few were testing their boost gliders and streamer duration models. I was very surprised to see Brian Urban from Tampa, TTRA and ... [Read More]

    Centuri Trivia (2010-07-07)
    I used to be close with some of the Centuri people, I almost got a job there in the late 1970s! I got to know Bob DelPrincipe (designer, graphic artist, electronics whiz) pretty well. We ... [Read More]

    More Centuri Pronunciations (2010-08-05)
    A while back I did a post about the correct way to say Centuri. I've never known the correct pronunciation of Lee Piester's last name. Until now -   I was watching the YouTube ... [Read More]

    Lil' Hustlers Comparisons (2014-01-02)
    On TRF, Astronwolf made the observation HERE : "Not a bad match IMO. This just shows the early roots for this newer kit - Estes' nod to the Centuri Mini Max line of the 60's . . . The Re ... [Read More]

    Piesters in Alaska (2014-08-05)
    From a FaceBook post: That's Rick Piester, Ryan Friel and Lee Piester doing some fishing in Alaska. For the younger rocketeers - Lee Piester started and was president of Centuri Engineering. Rick ... [Read More]

    The Rocketry Show Podcasts (2014-10-15)
    CG and Gheem have started rocketry podcasts available for download at: www.therocketryshow.com   I listened to the second podcast and sent this email:   Hi  CG and ... [Read More]