2026-07-01 18:45 UTC
Vern Estes, founder of the model rocket company that still bares his name, talks about writing and finally finishing a book about the company's early history.
Still lucid at age 98!
(Start at 18:00 or so)
https://www.youtube.com/live/U75_HtC82d0
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@StefanEJones@dice.camp 2026-07-01 18:45
Vern and his staff were responsible for ingenious machinery that made motors, lathed out balsa parts, soldered motor igniters, and turned toilet paper into recovery wadding. Their plant in Penrose had a print shop, silkscreening shop, darkroom, and its own US post office.