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NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 1 - Like A Kid In A Candy Store (2018-08-06)
Saturday, August 4th, 2018, I made the 80 mile trip from Castle Rock to Pueblo to attend a much anticipated event - the NAR 60 year anniversary Rocketeer Reunion. Despite traffic delays on ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 2 - An Old Rocket Buddy (2018-08-06)I'm going to start this reunion series on a more personal note. This is a picture of myself and one of my best friends who happened to travel out here from Virginia to attend the reunion - Mr. ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 4 - Something For Us Glider Nuts (2018-08-07)At the NAR reunion, there were several display tables lined up against one of the meeting room walls that contained a lot of very interesting models, photos, and artifacts from the early days of ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion. Part 5 - Presentation Opening Remarks (2018-08-07)Halfway through the reunion activities, the central stage and podium were open to presentations by the various NAR dignitaries who were present. To start things off, Reunion Coordinator Trip Barber ... [Read More]
A Very Busy Blogger (2018-08-07)The next couple of weeks are going to be a very active time for me here on the BlastFromThePast Blog. I will be putting out an unprecedented two or three posts per day! Besides ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 8 - A Few Old Rocketeers. (2018-08-09)Actually there were more than a few in attendance at the reunion... Here is a pic of Tom and Linda Milkie: Back in the old days, I used to read and re-read all of the fine articles and plans ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 9 - Back to the Display Tables... (2018-08-09)Here are a couple more interesting displays that were set up on the tables. The first is a very interesting item from the dim and distant past.... Rather than describe this item any further, I ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 11 - Another Interesting Display (2018-08-10)Moving along to more of the display tables; This tribute to Len Fehskens was set up by John and Wini Labreque. The display was loaded with lots of photos, news clippings and meet ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 12 - Vern Estes Takes The Stage.... (2018-08-11)The second speaker of the evening was Mr. Estes, who gave a nice talk on the early NARAMS and his history with them. Amazingly, Vern has been to 58 of the 60 NARAMS! During his speech, ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 13 -More Fine Displays (2018-08-11)Another one of the display tables held a large collection of early Canaroc model rocket kits. This presentation was provided by Mr. Denis Lufkin (NAR 96987). On ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 14 - Lee Piester at the Podium (2018-08-14)The next member of model rocketry royalty to give a talk was Lee Piester, the man behind Centuri Engineering. Lee gave a very interesting speech, relating the story of his conversion from ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 15 - One Final Display (2018-08-14)The last item on the row of meeting room tables was my own small display of NARAM-11 ephemera. Included was an official meet program that was distributed to visitors to ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 16 - The Museum of Flight Silent Auction (2018-08-15)The final presentation of the evening was given by Pat Fitzpatrick and Geoff Nunn on the subject of the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Brief updates were discussed concerning the monumental task of ... [Read More]
NAR 60 Year Reunion, Part 17 - Wrapping Things Up (2018-08-15)Well, boys and girls, This post pretty much completes the series on the NAR 60th Year Rocketeer Reunion. I had nearly as much fun writing and putting together this material as I had ... [Read More]
Maiden Flight of the Mark II Rock-A-Chute (2018-08-20)For this post, I thought I would back-track a couple of years to November 3rd, 2016, the day of the maiden flight of the Mark II. This is the same bird I took with me to the NAR Reunion in ... [Read More]
NAR 60th Year Reunion, Part 18 - A Very Cool Steampunk Rocket! (2018-10-17)This post about the reunion is a tad bit late. I had taken this photo at the event of this rocketeer and his very impressive upscale 'Steampunk' Orion Starfighter. ... [Read More]
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