It is a well known scam called the London Mugging scam. It's usually done over chat systems (looks immediate, the mark - usually - has no way of confirming it...
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Jason Unwin
generalrippe...
Sep 14, 2012 8:13 am
I am the president of the Southern Colorado Rocketeers National Association of Rocketry Section #632. We have twice monthly launches and have a model rocket...
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Lester
thisiscrazy7...
Sep 15, 2012 10:51 pm
Well I kinda discovered something new (for me) here in Tulsa recently. Apparently in co-operation with MIT, there is a "Fab Lab" here. ...
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Gary Crowell
vcpgary
Sep 16, 2012 1:53 am
There are many freeware choices for 3D software. Any of these can be found with a quick Google search: TinkerCAD - online browser-based modeler, easy to get...
Tim Van Milligan & Jerry Irvine, now there's a match made in heaven [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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larry
larryr33323
Sep 21, 2012 5:05 pm
... Rick, As one whom has been _aquainted_ with Jerry for over thirty years. I would deal with him the same way as I did at either LDRS 1-5, or at a NARAM...
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roketrik@...
roketrik
Sep 22, 2012 3:47 pm
Larry, I too have known (or should I say "known OF") Jerry Irvine for many years (1982 or thereabouts) and am well aware of his past self-centered antics, ...
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Eldred Pickett
EldredP
Sep 22, 2012 4:34 pm
How can JI ruin Tim's business, unless he's involved with the day-to-day running? Eldred ... -- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the...
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Ez2cDave@...
ez2cdave
Sep 22, 2012 4:47 pm
Eldred, I think that Rick was referring to the possible effect of his reputation on Apogee. Dave Fitch ... From: Eldred Pickett <epickett@...> To:...
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Eldred Pickett
EldredP
Sep 22, 2012 6:12 pm
That would probably only affect the 'old guard' who totally *hate* JI. Newer people wouldn't know the history. Some older people like me who know SOME of the...
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roketrik
Sep 23, 2012 1:20 pm
That, and JI's history of screwing his "business"; partners. I just hope Tim has enough sense to get product in hand BEFORE he sends JI a dime. r.r....
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rjmt14
Oct 4, 2012 1:14 pm
I never could find one of these.....I had a MPC style launch controller from AVI, that I think was put into a generic box back in 1975. I just scored a MPC...
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Stefan Jones
stefan_e_jones
Oct 4, 2012 4:40 pm
I think I have a "spare" MPC tripod. It is almost certainly missing parts, like the weather vane! The ceramic deflector, if I still have the one for the second...
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astron_art
Oct 5, 2012 2:41 am
Does anyone know whatever happened to Walt Senoski of Kopter Rockets which was located in Pittsburgh in the seventies?...
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Fred Bare
fred_bare
Oct 5, 2012 2:48 am
Here are some of his plans http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/kopter.htm ________________________________ From: astron_art <artpeg@...> To:...
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Ez2cDave@...
ez2cdave
Oct 5, 2012 3:06 am
I am not sure if this is still current . . . Walter E. Senoski 116 Shady St. Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666 724-554-3462 stsgencecpub@... ... From:...
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Jason Unwin
generalrippe...
Oct 21, 2012 2:34 am
First of all, I have moved from Colorado to Hewitt Texas. I am no longer the president of the Southern Colorado Rocketeers (NAR Section #632) in Pueblo...
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doug holverson
dholvrsn
Oct 24, 2012 11:49 pm
A friend (and sometime co-conspirator in Holverson-Designs) was telling me about this Frank Zaic Rocket Glider plan from 1938 that he found on the web....
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Kevin McCue
nc2767k
Oct 25, 2012 12:45 pm
There is a link in the information that you sent that details making a "propulsion unit." Basically black powder and a big home made bottle rocket... ... ...
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westdodge
Oct 26, 2012 7:51 pm
And I was just looking through some old Jetex engines, planes, and such just the other night! (Yes, I still have fuel pellets, screens and wicks!) Rich in...
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Stefan Jones
stefan_e_jones
Oct 26, 2012 7:59 pm
Fascinating stuff. There's probably no reason why model rocket motors as we know them today couldn't have been invented twenty or thirty years earlier. Stefan...
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roketrik
Oct 27, 2012 2:10 pm
There was a VERY good reason: No consumer market. Actually, the lift charges used in simple commercially available fireworks (bottle rockets) were/are very...
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Jason Unwin
generalrippe...
Nov 4, 2012 4:19 am
I just uploaded my first rocket video of a launch here in Texas. I just moved here two weeks ago and joined AARG this morning. I'll be joining the Waco Tripoli...
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Daniel Wolman
dwolman88
Nov 11, 2012 6:03 am
Doug, Are you still looking for the Arcie plans? I stumbled upon them in my workshop today - let me know if you still need them and I can try to scan them next...
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Ez2cDave@...
ez2cdave
Nov 11, 2012 12:16 pm
Dan, Would you please CC me on that e-mail with the Arcie plans ? Thanks Dave F Ez2cDave@... ... From: Daniel Wolman <danwolman@...> To: OldRockets...
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Ez2cDave@...
ez2cdave
Nov 16, 2012 3:45 am
This is an email from 'Rocketry Planet' Message: I'm very sorry to inform all you loyal Rocketry Planeteers that tonight I am closing down Rocketry Planet....
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doug holverson
dholvrsn
Dec 2, 2012 1:10 am
Yesterday was my 52nd birthday. Which means it's 39 years after I got that Estes Alpha III Starter Kit for a 13th birthday present. Then a week or so later, an...
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astron_art
Dec 11, 2012 12:24 am
Hi everyone, This is Art Nestor. Trip Barber asked Jennnifer Ashe-Poole and me to help come up with a collection plan or list of key items of historical...
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John Brohm
jrbrohm
Dec 11, 2012 1:34 am
How about a complete collection of Dan Sagstetter's "The Rocketeer Collector's Journal"? It provided various vignettes of the hobby from a time before eBay,...
