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Blast From The Past

Blast From The Past Posts

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    NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 6 - Getting Those Autographs (2018-08-08)
    The NAR 60th Year Reunion proved to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to meet all of the big names in model rocketry, so naturally I had brought along a few items to be ... [Read More]

    NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 12 - Vern Estes Takes The Stage.... (2018-08-11)
    The second speaker of the evening was Mr. Estes, who gave a nice talk on the early NARAMS and his history with them. Amazingly, Vern has been to 58 of the 60 NARAMS! During his speech, ... [Read More]

    NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 14 - Lee Piester at the Podium (2018-08-14)
    The next member of model rocketry royalty to give a talk was Lee Piester, the man behind Centuri Engineering. Lee gave a very interesting speech, relating the story of his conversion from ... [Read More]

    NAR 60th Year Reunion, Part 18 - A Very Cool Steampunk Rocket! (2018-10-17)
    This post about the reunion is a tad bit late. I had taken this photo at the event of this rocketeer and his very impressive upscale 'Steampunk' Orion Starfighter.  ... [Read More]