Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Models
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Estes, Vern - 2012-09-22, 2012
Item
Summary
[From transcript] This oral history with Vern Estes and interviewer Bill Stine covers the early days of model rocketry. It is a chat as well as a reflection between friends and competitors about the trial and error that went into creating the model rocket industry.Table of Contents: Introduction -- How Mr. Estes & Mr. Stine met -- Making a model rocket engine -- More on Mabel -- Some mechanical challenges -- Early mishaps -- Friendly competitor -- Reasons for selling -- A...
Dates:
2012
G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2013-09-17
Overview
The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection encompasses the professional work of G. Harry Stine, the founder of model rocketry in the United States. The collection includes material related to his work in the National Association of Rocketry, drafts of his writings, rocket designs, materials affiliated with model rocketry corporations, his aeronautical research files, and his work in commercial space flight.
Dates:
1874-2008; Majority of material found within 1956-1997
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Piester, Lee - 2016-05-06, 2016
Item
Scope and Contents
[From transcript] A casual interview of Lee Piester by Bill Stine, both good friends and innovators in the model rocketry arena. They discuss the early start of Centuri rockets in Lee's Phoenix garage (1961) through the time that Centuri was later sold to Damon Corporation in 1971. Lee remained as president of the company until his retirement in 1976. The interview talks about the challenges of an upstart company in a hobby that had no prior precedence, their innovative development of rocket...
Dates:
2016
Series III. Aeronautical Research Files, 1916-1997
Series
Scope and Contents
The Aeronautical Research Files is the largest of all the series in the Stine Collection, consisting of about 31 cubic feet of material. Nine subseries make up this grouping: Subseries A. Aircraft, 1916-1987; Subseries B. Facilities, 1953-1997; Subseries C. International Programs, 1920-1993; Subseries D. Rockets and Missiles, 1924-1996; Subseries E. Satellites, 1957-1995; Subseries F. Spacecraft and Missions, 1946-1986; Subseries G. Space Vehicles, 1960-1993; Subseries H. Space – General,...
Dates:
1916-1997
Series V. Visual and Audiovisual Materials, circa 1940s-1997
Series
Scope and Contents
This series has broken into three sections: Subseries A. 35mm Slides, 1946-1992; Subseries; B. Negatives, 1952-1974; and Subseries C. Audiovisual materials, circa 1940s-1995.The first subseries consists of roughly 3,000 slides taken between 1950 and 1995 depicting various model rocketry competitions and activities that Stine was involved with during his lifetime, as well as images related to crewed space flight, astronomy, and various slides form lectures. The titles in the...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1997
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