Model rocket pioneer, Vern Estes, celebrates his 90th birthday

We saw this happen with a mini-engine (i.e. a 1/2 A-something). The fellow rocketeer’s dad figured it wouldn’t amount to much, and it would be a good rocket to try for a first launch. I suggested that he might be surprised: sure the engine was small, but the rocket itself as about the size of a bubble tea straw. Sure enough we never saw it again…

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