... [chuckle] There hasn't been a discussion of *anything* on this list yet, Jay. You have the distinction of being the absolutely first person to post a...
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Jay King
JayHKing@xxxxxxxxxx.x...
May 1, 1999 11:46 pm
Kevin (on OldRockets) (cc Bunny) I learned about the OldRockets list from Bunny's mention in the NAR newsletter. I thought there'd be THOUSANDs of subscribers...
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kwickart@...
May 5, 1999 7:05 pm
... Cool. Except that Bunny's message was just a call for someone to set up such a list (unless I missed an issue of Model Rocketeer somewhere along the line)....
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J. Steven York
j-steven-york@xxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 11:27 pm
Just a message to try this thing out and introduce myself a bit. My name's Steve York, a BAR active off and on since probably the early 70's. My earliest...
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King, Jay
KingJ@...
May 6, 1999 4:39 pm
... for ... 14-year-olds who are ... The day will come that someone will wax poetic about this flights he made as a youngster with his RTF mini Mars Lander....
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King, Jay
KingJ@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 4:53 pm
... fiction kits ... My favorites too. You had two Mars Landers? I could only afford one as a kid! Did they both fly? Jay King...
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J. Steven York
j-steven-york@xxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 5:24 pm
Actually, I only had one as a kid. The second was in my first BAR period about 1985, and it wasn't EXACTLY a Mars Lander, but more about that in a minute. My...
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Bob Kaplow
BobKaplow@xxxxxxxxxxx...
May 6, 1999 8:05 pm
Here is the material I posted to RMR back around January, and forwarded to Bunny which led to the creation of the Old Rocketeer SIG. ...
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Scott D. Hansen
scotth@xxxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 8:31 pm
... So does this mean that MPC kits aren't old rockets? You know Harry had a thing for plastic. Scott...
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J. Steven York
j-steven-york@xxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 10:42 pm
... Or Cox? I lusted after the old Cox RTF rockets when I was a kid, but couldn't afford them. For that matter, I had an Estes X-15 back in the 70s that I...
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J. Steven York
j-steven-york@xxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 11:57 pm
... To be fair, while most if not all of the MPC kids used plastic cones and transitions, some of them did use balsa fin construction. But the question is...
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mmaurer@xxxxx.xxx
May 7, 1999 3:54 am
This list sounds like a good idea for shareing information and a few memories. As far as puting a date or time on being old, I would have to go with anyone...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
May 12, 1999 7:44 pm
... Oh, I agree wholeheartedly. Which is why one of the possible dividing lines between "old" and "not-old" rockets is the 14-year mark. ... Yeah, we need it...
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Bob Kaplow
BobKaplow@xxxxxxxxxxx...
May 12, 1999 9:01 pm
Since I can't seem to get there myself, can you switch me to the digested version of OldRockets. Thanks. It looks like my link is back up, but a bunch of stuff...
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PeteAlway@xxx.xxx
May 12, 1999 10:58 pm
Question. Are announcements of old kits for sale on- or off-topic? I have been posting such announcements on r.m.r, being sure that there is only on post on...
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Dan Bihary
dbihary@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 13, 1999 5:36 pm
Personally, I'd love to see the offers of sales of collector kits here. It's interesting to gauge "whats out there" and the price. I centainly wouldn't be...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 17, 1999 10:41 am
Hello All, I just found and subscribed to the list. Since the topic is old model rockets, I figured you couldn't "get older" than the Model Missiles, Inc. ...
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PeteAlway@xxx.xxx
Jun 17, 1999 11:21 pm
Jason, I looked at your website for the BT-40 parts, and couldn't find them. Am I just blind or are they hidden. Peter Alway...
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James J. Wentworth
gida@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 18, 1999 3:29 am
... I only advertise complete, ready-to-build kits on the web page. Putting images and descriptions of the Aerobee-Hi and Arcon clone kits online now could...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 20, 1999 11:21 am
I'm (at Holverson Desings) still interested at some of the parts that you mentioned in your e-mailing of a couple of weeks ago. -DGH-...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 27, 1999 9:23 pm
It's been quiet lately. I can only suppose that most of you are busy enjoying rocketry rather than sitting indoors and exchanging messages about it. As is my...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 27, 1999 4:32 pm
... 1967 ... Big Bertha ... Bandit BTW- I'm guessing on all of these:P -DGH-...
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kwickart@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Jun 27, 1999 9:41 pm
... catalog? ... You got two out of three, Doug. I could be nice and tell you which two, but that wouldn't be as much fun! 8-D --Kevin--...
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starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jun 27, 1999 10:53 pm
... You wouldn't have parts templates for that B/G would you? I used to fly it a lot back in the 70's. *---------------------------------------------* ... ...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 27, 1999 6:12 pm
... Weren't these posted at JimZ's about a year or two ago? -DGH-...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 27, 1999 6:14 pm
... There are plans at JimZ's at this URL: http://www.dars.org/jimz/mpc0930.htm -DGH-...
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starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jun 28, 1999 2:24 am
... They are in a formatt my Atari TT030 doesn't use. *---------------------------------------------* ... *---------------------------------------------*...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 27, 1999 9:57 pm
... Get a toy computer like a iMac, or real computer like a G3 tower. Maybe you could get a wintel, which has a 90% market share just like Sturgeon's law said...
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starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
starlord@xxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jun 28, 1999 5:30 am
... There will be NO intel clones in my home, I've been an Atari user since the old Atari 800 days. This TT030 does all that I need, I found a viewer that...
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Tom Bell
tombell@...
Jun 29, 1999 1:19 am
Hello: Here's a photo of some of my rockets, circa 1969... [Image] Tom Bell NAR 69900 HP level 1...
