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

same. i helped my son and other cub scouts build the basest of kits, and the day we went to the park to launch these kids were super excited. we had a good success rate on the launches… the recoveries not so much (too close to the long island sound). but years later when my son – then in his late 20’s – said, “hey remember when we fired off those rockets? that was cool”, it was a nice feeling.

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