Flight #   Name  Status Flight  State   Country  Notes 0001 Vern Estes Hoarded CO From Vern: A big thank you to Ken, Carl, Sheryl, Bruce, Semroc and ALL of you who have participated in the Golden Scout happening. Also, for the many wonderful comments each of you have posted on this site. See #0993. Vern 0002 gleam Hoarded CO It has been a great run, Many thanks to Carl, Sheryl,Bruce, Ken and all those who participated. 0003 Carl McLawhorn Flown July 31 NC 0004 Sheryl McLawhorn Flown July 31 NC 0005 Bruce McLawhorn Flown July 31 NC 0006 Ken Montanye Flown July 28 SC Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda 0007 Diana Lamb Flown July 24 SC Vern & Gleda Happy 50th anniversary Thank You for such a great hobby 0008 Deb Martin Flown July 28 NY Congratulations, Vern and Gleda, on 50 spectacular years! And here's to another 50. Deb 0009 Mark Mayfield Flown July 28 NY Dear Vern and Gleda, Congrats on the 50th anniversary of Estes Industries! You will always occupy a special place in the hearts of rocketeers everywhere! All best, Mark 0010 Thomas Beach Flown July 26 NM Thank you, Vern & Gleda, for all you have done! 0011 Flown WI 0012 Mario Perdue Flown July 4 IN Thanks for starting a great hobby. 0014 Andy Heren Flown July 19 WI This is the kit I won in the drawing at NARCON 2008! It was flown today at the MASA picnic in MN! It will now be 'retired' as a prized possession. 0015 Flown WA 0016 Ed Brown Flown CO Many thanks for the good years and pleasures of working with both of you. 0024 Blocked Flown CA 0027 Betty Estes Geer Flown July 26 CO Thanks, Mom & Dad! 0040 Penrose Post Office Flown CO Vern & Gleda Thank you for allowing the Penrose Post Office to be a part of the special event. Susan Luck Postmaster, Penrose Co. 0044 Emma Kristal Flown July 26 MI Thank you for so much fun. 0045 David Hash Hoarded NC 0046 Steve Kristal Flown July 26 MI Vern, Gleda, Thank you for a lifetime of wonder, surprise, challenge, pride, and fun. Model rocketry has been all those things to me. 0047 Chan Stevens Hoarded OH 0048 Chan Stevens Hoarded OH Picked this and #47 up after NARAM, too late to fly, but will certainly hoard until I spot a worthy young modeler to donate it to. I missed out on rocketry as a child, but am thoroughly enjoying my second childhood as a late-blooming rocketeer. I kick myself for missing most of the glory of past 50 years, but promise to do everything I can to protect and enrich the Estes legacy. 0050 Dan Krause Flown July 5 WI Thanks for all you have done for the Hobby! 0051 Jay 'CenturiGuy' Goemmer Flown July 31 ID Thanks *so* much for all you've given to us rocketeers over the years! Many of us think of you fondly, even though we've never met you! For the record, practically all of the rocketeers I knew who flew Estes rockets got them via mail order. On the other hand, Lee Piester's Centuri products were readily available at a small hobby shop and a drug store in southern Idaho back in the 1970's. However, I couldn't help thinking that all of those Estes science fiction designs were *very* cool! I think the first Estes clone I built as a BAR was a BT-55 upscale Wolverine, and that design *still* holds a special place in my heart. Thanks again for everything, and happy 50th to you and yours! 0052 John Ferguson Flown July 19 TX 0053 Jim Flis Flown July 31 NH Vern, Gleda, What can I say? Thank you and congrats! You have helped make memories that last lifetimes! 0054 Pete Deaver Flown NC Congratulations on the 50th anniversary.Thank you for your contributions to model rocketry. 0055 Chan Stevens Hoarded OH Might promote to queue/build for NARAM-50. 0057 Craig McGraw Flown July 29 AL Flown twice after 7 PM on 7-29-2008. First flight was a 1/4A3-3T, second was a 1/2A3-2T, both in 18mm casings. Many thanks to both of you for all the hard work you put into helping this hobby grow and mature. Although it was not until the mid 70s that I started building model rockets, those early designs became the spark that got me seriously into designing models in the last few years. I only hope these BARCLONE designs measure up to the standards you established early on, and maybe get another generation of young builders interested in model rocketry as you did for me. 0058 Flown July 4 NC 0059 Blocked Hoarded MI 0060 Scott D. Hansen Hoarded WI Vern & Gleda, thank you so much for introducing us to the exciting hobby of model rocketry. I was a true model rocket geek as a kid in the late 60's and 70's. Here's to another 50 years! 0061 Scott D. Hansen Flown July 31 WI I sent this up on an old 1/2A6-4 for a nominal flight. To keep things authentic, I flew it in the field by my parents house where I used to fly as a kid. Thanks again, Vern & Gleda! 0062 Sean Lannan Building OR 0065 Christopher Udy Flown July 4 NY Thanks for 26 years of fun (I got my first rocket in 1982) 0066 Chan Stevens Flown July 31 OH Thanks to Carl, Sheryl, Bruce and Ken for this excellent tribute. Biggest thanks of course to Vern & Gleda! 0067 Chan Stevens Hoarded OH 0068 Chan Stevens Flown July 28 OH Autographed by Carl, Sheryl, Bruce and Lisa. Thanks, gang, for a wonderful event and tribute. 0069 Chan Stevens Flown July 27 OH Rocket Girl signed this one! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 0070 Donald Fent Flown TN See 0084. 0071 Rylee Daven Atkerson Flown July 6 KS Thanks to all involved, Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda 0072 James Lee Forsythe Jr Flown July 6 KS Thanks to all involved, Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda 0073 Craig Cline Flown July 26 CA Vern & Gleda, Thanks for the memories. 0074 Craig Cline Flown July 26 CA 0075 Cameron Cline Flown July 26 CA 0076 Christy Cline Flown July 26 CA 0077 Blocked Flown July 31 CA 0078 Blocked Flown July 31 CA 0079 Tom Benson Hoarded NJ Happy Anniversary! 0080 Tom Benson Flown July 29 NJ Thanks for making model rocketry a such a fun, safe, and educational hobby. 0081 Chris Casey Flown July 4 MA Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda! My dad has told me all about you and like him I think you are great! 0082 Frank Casey Flown July 4 MA In honor of Vern and Gleda! Estes Rockets was a very big part of his life as a boy in the 70's. I couldn't wait for the new catalog to come in the mail so that I could pick out, order, build and fly a new favorite rocket each time I got the catalog. Now as an adult I have introduced my son to rocketry. He is as hooked as I was and I've told him all about both of you. You must be extremely proud of your amazing legacy. I wish you all the best! 0083 Christopher & Dad Flown July 4 MA Thanks Vern & Gleda! You have created something that continues to grow and change but never will forget where it came from. Happy 50th Anniversary! 0084 Donald Fent Flown July 4 TN Thanks for a great childhood! Now that I'm a BAR, I can really appreciate the early days of such a great hobby that you made possible. 0085 Gary Aguiar Flown July 11 VA Thanks to all who made this happen! 0086 Gary Aguiar Flown VA Thanks Vern & Gleda! 0087 Gary Aguiar Flown VA Thanks to all who made this happen! 0088 Blocked Hoarded MI 0089 Evan 'Buzz' Nau Flown July 27 MI Many thanks to both of you for all you have done for hobby. 0090 David Hash Hoarded NC 0091 David Hash Flown July 31 NC Congratulations on 50 years of model rocketry, and thanks for helping to make the hobby what it is today! Truly, model rocketry as we know it would not exist if it were not for the two of you. 0092 David Hash Flown NC 0093 Tom Turnacioglu Flown July 31 NJ Happy 50th! Thanks for the great memories. Built and flown with my 8 year old daughter. 0094 Tom Turnacioglu Flown NJ Saving for my daugther to build with her children/grandchildren in 50 years. 0095 John Ludwig Flown July 19 WA Happy 50th. Thank You Vern & Gleda 1/2A6-2 Flight Very nice boost and tumble recovery. 0096 John Ludwig Flown July 19 WA Great Flight . Happy 50th. Thank you Vern & Gleda for all the fun times. 0097 Blocked Flown July 4 OH Great flight on a A10-3T, landed hard, fin/glue joint held but pulled some paper away from the body tube, easy to fix. Thanks Vern and Gleda. 0098 Craig Zicafoose Flown July 12 MD Finished. Flown 3 times. Signed by Vern, Gleda and Betty @ NARAM 50. This rocket is officially retired. Thanks to Vern and Gleda for their cooperation and continued support! 0099 Craig Zicafoose Hoarded MD To build or not to build.... Actually, it will get built....eventually. LOTS of other things to finish up before NARAM 50. :( Thanks Vern and Gleda! 0100 Pantherjon Flown July 1 GA Thank you so much for your years of supporting this great hobby you helped 'launch'! 0101 Bill Cooke Hoarded AL 0102 Bill Cooke Hoarded AL 0103 Pantherjon Flown July 31 GA Thanks so much for everything you have done for this great hobby! :) 0104 Gordon Agnello/Emily Cooper Hoarded MI Saved for my new grandaughter to build in 50 years to fly at the 100th anniverary! 0105 Gordon Agnello Flown July 31 MI Painted and ready to fly! Thank You Vern and Gleda! Flew at NARAM 50! 0106 Gordon Agnello Flown July 31 MI Painted and ready to fly! Flew at NARAM 50! 0107 Gordon Agnello/Emily Cooper Hoarded MI This will be stashed away for my grandaughter to sell on Ebay in 25 years to pay off her college loans. :) 0108 Jim Myers Flown July 19 MN Flown today 7/19/08 at the MASA picnic launch. Thanks Vern & Gleda!! 0109 Brent Bierstedt Flown NC Thanks 0111 John Brohm Hoarded PA 0113 John Brohm Flown July 20 PA Vern & Gleda On the occasion of this 50th Anniversary NARAM, I offer my best thanks and wishes to you both. Additionally, please accept my thanks for your perseverence during those very early years of this great hobby, and for your significant contribution to this wonderful miniature technology. Your steadfast commitment to Model Rocketry, and to the NAR, has inspired untold thousands to embark on a science and/or technology career, and for many more to experience the simple joy of seeing one's own handiwork take flight safely. Thank you for your commitment, for the great innovative products, and for a volume of great memories. With my very best regards John 0121 Harold Sasloe Flown July 5 FL Vern and Gleda, I know you heard this a million times, but at the young age of 12 you changed my life. And it continues even today, some 40 plus years later. Thanks for the memories. This one is for you. 0123 Blocked Flown July 4 MN This Golden Scout, which was autographed by Gleda, Vern, Carl, Sheryl, and Bruce, has been retired to a place of honor after its maiden flight. Tons of thanks to Vern and Gleda for many years of enjoyment of a safe and fun hobby, both as a child and as a BAR. 0125 Paul Wolaver Flown July 6 CO Thanks for a lifetime of rocketry! I started flying in 1963 in Loveland Colorado, and thought that because Estes Industries was from Penrose, that the rocketry hobby was just a Colorado phenomenon, but as I travelled across the country during the following 45 years, rocketry has followed me and been my constant companion! I flew the original Scout, Skyhook, Mars Snooper as a kid, grew into HPR (Vern, I met you at a Tripoli Colorado Launch in Hartzel, back in 1997 or so), and and am now back down to the Scout, and building my own birds. Well, the truth be told, I have a tremendous inventory of kits stashed away for 'retirement', and for getting 'other' kids interested in the hobby, and the lifetime passion. It is so cool to see young kids taking to this hobby just as eagerly and passionately as I did when I was their age, and they don't even have the nascent space program to fuel their fantasies!!! Thanks Vern and Gleda!! Paul Wolaver 0127 Greg Elder Flown July 12 CO Congratulations on the 50th anniversary. Thanks for all of your support to the rocketry community. 0128 Greg Elder Hoarded CO 0129 Stephen Peart Flown July 15 CA Another lifelong rocketeer thanks to you, Vern & Gleda! Can't wait to take our grandson to the field so he can start having as much fun flying rockets as I did growing up. Thank you! 0130 Stephen Peart Flown July 4 CA Great design - perfect reproduction - awesome little flyer! 0132 HenkSWT Flown July 20 Netherlands Thank you! 0137 Mark J Thell Flown July 25 MN Thanks for ALL you've done!!!!! Mark T 0138 Charles Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0139 Michelle Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0140 Lynn Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0141 Charles Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0142 Michelle Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0143 Michael Scopone Flown July 6 MI A8-3 Perfect Flight 0149 Brad Kelley Flown July 20 IN Thank you for all the fun Mr. & Mrs. Estes! 0150 James Gartrell Flown July 26 TX Thank you both for making rocketry what it is today, and thank you for making another outstanding rocketry event happen for all of us. Your fan always! Great flight and perfect recovery!! Thank you all for a wonderful time. 0151 Blake Gartrell Flown July 26 TX Thank you for all you've done and for the influence you have had on so many people. 0152 Malcolm Smith Flown July 26 NC The arrival of Estes packages was always a big event for me. I had great times building and flying and I still do. It was great meeting you both at NARAM. My Golden Scout flew at NARAM-50 and is now proudly displayed on my desk with its spent and retained 1/2 A6-2 and Vern's autograph on a fin. 0159 Flown OH 0160 Flown OH 0161 Belinda Magginnis Flown July 20 IN This is my first scout build and was fun. It flew great and tumbled during the recovery. I was so proud of myself. Love the rocket. I designed and built my L1 rocket called the dragon rocket. I flew it last year at the Bluegrass Blast and received my L1. Currently I am the only female L1 in the club. Thanks for making this hobby possible. Love ya. 0162 Dennis Stevens Flown KY Thanks again Vern & Gleda for all you have both done for rocketry. I lost this one today, will replace it soon. 0163 Joe Magginnis Flown July 20 IN My first rocket was the Estes scout purchased July 6, 1964 for $2.00. It started my love affair with rockets which I still have today. I still have parts from the first build and am extremely grateful for you two taking the time and risk of making this a great hobby. All of the family enjoy rocketry and without Estes this would not have happened. My two sons wife and self are all L1 certified and proud of it. If I do not get L2 soon my wife will beat me to it. Again thanks and God Bless each of you. 0165 Joe Simon Flown July 20 IN Thanks for years of fun. 0167 Bob Forgacs Flown July 19 CO Thank you for a wonderful hobby that I shared with my father, then with my children, and now I'm sharing it with my grand-daughter! Let's Go Launch Some Rockets!!!!!!!!! 0168 Shelby Rose Forgacs Flown July 19 CO I love building and flying model rockets with my Papa Bob. Happy 50th Anniversity! 0169 Blocked Building OK 0170 Mike Dickinson Finished OK Thanks for the Hobby! 0171 Tim Lundie Flown July 20 VA My first Estes rocket. Ah, the early 60's - those were the days. 0172 Scott Miller Flown July 20 VA The July heat blistered my fresh gold paint before launch. After the succesful flight (a drag race with #171 & #173), the engine scorch on the fins eased my pain and all is well. Who won? Difficult to say with the sun in my eyes. Thanks! 0173 Tim Lundie Flown July 20 VA I airfoiled the fins and it left #171 and #172 behind in the drag race. Thanks. 0177 M. Hardy Flown July 31 Great Briton Rocket Lost on Second Flight 0186 Henrik Orre Flown July 21 NO 0187 Joyce Guzik Flown July 26 NM Built by Tom. 0189 Terry Dean Flown July 13 IN thank you Vern and Gleda for a hobby that has lasted a lifetime! 0190 Chas Russell Hoarded TX What a wonderful tribute to Gleda, Vern, and the early Estes employees. 0191 Chas Russell Flown July 26 TX After 41 years, my first Scout! 0192 Chas Russell Flown July 26 TX Looking forward to flying in July. 0195 John Lawrence Flown July 24 GA Congratulations. Your hard work made this possible. You deserve our thanks. Still having fun 41 years after my first launch. Best regards. 0196 John Lawrence Flown GA Hey, still having fun! 0197 Edward K. Chess Flown July 26 IL Thanks for signing my Golden Scout, which is now officially retired after one successful flight at NARAM-50, and for providing me a lifetime of enjoyment in rocketry. 0198 Aeryn Waddington Flown July 30 Great Briton Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda. My Dad is a 'born again rocketeer'. I sometimes fly rockets with him :-) 0199 Pete Waddington Flown July 30 Great Briton Congratulations on the 50th Anniversary! 0200 Blocked Building CO 0201 Vincent E.M. Chichak Flown July 19 AB Canada Thanks to Vern and Gleda for a hobby I have enjoyed for the past 40 years. Without you I would not have the hobby I love. 0202 Andrei and Andrew Chichak Flown July 26 AB Canada Happy Anniversary. 0203 Dave Bishop Flown July 25 Great Briton Thanks - lost in the tall brambles, but a nice kit. 0206 sandman Hoarded MI This is for my grandaughter to sell on Ebay in 25 years to pay for her post graduate education and astonaught training. 0208 Emma Kristal Flown July 26 MI Thanks again Mr. and Mrs. Estes 0209 Steve Kristal Flown July 26 MI Thanks for all the wonderful times. 0211 Bob Harrington Flown July 19 MA Flew it on an OOP A5-2 from 1971. 0213 Blocked In Queue CA 0215 Bob Sanford Flown July 27 CA The Scout was my first model rocket in 1970. I look forward to flying my Golden Scout at NARAM-50! Addendum: Successfully flown at NARAM-50! 0219 Jim Filler Flown July 26 MD Thank You for your service to the 'rocket geeks' growing up in America 0224 Joseph P Flown July 13 TX Happy Anniversary!!! South Texas burn ban or not, she will fly in July! 0225 Harrison Spears Hoarded TX 0226 Harrison Spears Flown July 27 TX Flew my first Scout in 1967. Thanks, Harry NAR 15277 L2 0227 Brad Cline Flown July 20 OH US Thanks Vern & Gleda for a great Hobby 0228 Rustee Flown July 27 BC Canada After 30 years I enjoy building and flying more than ever! 0229 DeWain Feller Flown July 25 NY Vern & Gleda, thanks for making some of my fondest memories possible, and thanks for making model rocketry fun. 0230 Rick Randol Flown July 21 IN Thanks for giving me a lifetime of interest in model rocketry and connecting with my 12 year old son who has now caught the model rocket bug. You making safe model rocket engines made a difference for everyone. I have met some wonderful people through model rocketry and continue to each time we launch. I still remember that day I saw a rocket shoot toward the sky and I ran through the neighborhood to see what it was. It was an Estes rocket that a neighbor kid had. From that day forward I was hooked. Thank you for caring enough to do something so kids wouldn't hurt themselfs. It was a honor meeting you both at NARAM 50. My hats off for 50 golden years. 0231 Luke Randol Flown July 21 IN Thanks for developing such a great hobby for my dad and me. 0232 kirknlucy1 Flown July 21 IN Ad Astra! 0233 Jeffrey Brown Flown MN 0235 Will Marchant Flown July 31 VA Happy anniversary! I flew mine at the NARAM-50 sport launch. 0245 Phillip Byrd Flown AR Thanks for a Second Childhood 0248 Steve Warren Building IN I have been flying rockets for 40 years! Thanks 0249 Mike Fields Flown July 29 NC Thanks for making model rocketry safe, fun, and educational for 50 years! 0251 Connor Chisick Flown July 19 WA 0252 Madeleine Scopone Flown July 6 MI 0253 Tim Probert Flown July 26 Australia Congratulations to Vern and Gleda on this Golden Anniversary for model rocketry 0255 Gerald 'Bo' Wallace Flown July 4 KY Flew her on the 4th at 10:00 a.m. No wind, perfect flight. Thanks!! 0259 Eldred Pickett Flown MI It was a pleasure to meet you both in the hotel lobby at NARAM49 last year. I only wish I'd had my camera with me! 0272 The Recycle Guy Flown July 27 MI I flew on an Quest A6-4 - Flew fine, recovered well. Congratulations 0275 The Recycler Flown July 27 MI Congratulations 0289 Stefan Jones Flown July 12 OR My Golden Scout, #289, flew fine on an 1/2A3-4T. Alas, it ended up lost in the clover. But this is the first flight I've done in over a year so it was a good opportunity! Thanks and Congratulations, Stefan 0290 Stephen G. Pauley Hoarded VA Have to keep one for my son to build 0291 Stephen G. Pauley Flown July 20 VA Thanks for your efforts and expertise 0292 PaulK Flown July 5 WI Thank you! 0293 ThomasK Flown July 20 WI Thank you! 0294 Michael Collard Flown July 20 UT Vern and Gleda, Thank You for all you've done for this great hobby ! 0295 Thomas Conley Flown July 20 IN Thanks for all the great memories!!! 0296 Thomas Conley Flown July 20 IN Thanks for all the years of fun!!! (on a side note, the decal for this one was totally destroyed due to my clumsiness, so I wrote #296 in paint pen instead!) 0297 Madeline Delaine Flown July 31 MN 0298 Harrison Delaine Flown July 31 MN 0299 Todd Delaine Flown July 28 MN 0300 R Bagoly Hoarded VA 0301 Randall Bagoly Flown July 27 VA Awesome! Thanks, Vern & Gleda! 0302 Tom Lyon Building VA Thank You Vern and Gleda for all you've done and providing the fun of this hobby. 0303 Tom Lyon Flown July 27 VA This one replaces the one I lost in the summer of 1961 0308 Jim Strauss Flown July 26 VA Enjoyed meeting you and the family at NARAM 50. Best wishes to you all! 0310 Bruce Sexton In Queue VA The Scout was my very first model rocket. Thanks for all you have done and continue to do for our hobby! 0312 Jason Orosco Flown July 27 WA Vern & Gleda, Happy 50th Anniversary. Thanks you so much for all you've given to us rocketeers over the years! I still have my original Scout from 1968. 0313 Andy Heren Flown July 23 WI Thanks for all you contributed to our great hobby! Where would we be without you? This Scout was signed by both of you at NARCON 2008 and will now be 'retired' to a place of honor 0314 Andy Heren Flown July 23 WI I wish I would have been involved with rocketry in the 'Golden Days' of Estes! I was a late bloomer at the age of 29 (1995). Better late than never! This Scout was signed by both of you at NARCON 2008 and will now be 'retired' to a place of honor 0315 John Lee Flown July 12 TX Thanks for everything...and more 0317 Doug Scobel Flown July 19 MI Thank you Vern and Gleda for introducing me to a life-long hobby that started in the '60s. It's just as much fun now as it was then! 0319 Moe Bertrand Hoarded AZ 0320 Moe Bertrand Hoarded AZ 0321 Andrew Scott Flown July 26 Australia The Melbourne Metro Rocketry Group is pleased to take part in sky of Gold and a Biggest thanks of course to Vern & Gleda and a Happy 50th Anniversary. 0322 Mal McClenaghan Flown July 26 Australia Thanks for everything! 0323 Krusty Flown July 20 Australia Thank you for a wonderful hobby :) 0324 Motorhead Flown July 27 Australia 0325 mark Flown July 26 Australia 0326 matt wilson Finished AU 0327 Paul Smith Flown July 5 WI Beautiful, perfect flight. 0328 Don Ruis Flown July 19 MO Thanks so much for the Golden Scout re-release! I had a blast with it! 0329 Mikus Superfly Flown July 19 TX Launched from NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX - The Home of Manned Spaceflight. Thank you Vern & Gleda Estes for launching millions of dreams. 0330 Paul De Lia Flown NY Thanks Mr. & Mrs. Estes for wonderful hobby that I continue to enjoy and always brings me back to the heady days of Mercury, Gemini & Apollo ! 0332 Scout II Flown July 12 CA Thanks again for all you've done for rocketry... 0333 Scout I Flown July 12 CA Your catalogs were a wonder to behold to an elementary-schooler in the sixties I just wish there was the same thing for kids today. The Scout was my second rocket (the first being the Streak), and I got many, many flights out of that first Scout. 0334 Scout III Hoarded CA This one goes into my 'going to build when I retire' pile... 0335 Scout IV Hoarded CA Thanks for fifty great years, and hope you realize how inspirational your kits were to young kids in the 'Golden Age' of space exploration. 0336 Scout V Hoarded CA In addition to thanking Vern and Gleda, thanks to Semroc not just for bringing this together, but for the great Retro-Repro kits. You've managed to bring some of the classics into the new millennium! 0337 Paul Savia (STRMan) Flown July 26 FL Thank you for creating a fantastic hobby that I enjoyed with my dad when I was a kid and now enjoy with children of my own. 0338 Tony Vincent Finished MA Number was changed to 693. 0340 Sean Lannan Flown July 27 OR 0341 Dan Castle Finished MA See #692 I lost the decal and Carl was kind enough to send me a new one so I'm re-registering this one under its new # 0342 Dan Castle In Queue MA 0343 Brian Swinehart Flown July 20 IN Flew great. Fins stuck in ground upon landing. No damage. 0348 Craig McGraw Flown July 9 AL Received 3-10-08 Registered 3-15-08 Construction started 3-18-2008 Painted and Decalled 7-8-2008 Flown twice 7-9-2008 A special thanks to Vern, Gleda, Ken, Carl and Sheryl for making this event happen! It was a lot of fun, which is what model rocketry should be. 0349 Charles Coulter Flown July 19 MI 5,4,3,2,1, ESTES 0350 Nancy Whitehill Flown July 1 OH 0351 Rick Whitehill Flown July 1 OH 0352 Katie Whitehill Flown July 1 OH 0353 Noah Whitehill Flown July 1 OH 0354 James A Fustini Flown July 19 MI Thank you Vern and Gleda Estes. Some of the very best times in my life have revolved around your rockets and the people I meet in model rocketry. I know my Dad and God must smile down upon all my launches. Even the failed ones! 0356 Eldred Pickett Hoarded MI 0365 John J. Potts Flown July 27 MI Thank you for a wonderful hobby! I have had many happy hours building and flying model rockets. 0372 Earl L. Cagle, Jr. Flown July 16 GA Thanks Vern & Gleda for helping 'launch' this wonderful hobby that has been a source of entertainment and fellowship for rocketeers for 50 years!!! Flight flown on 1968 vintage Estes 1/2A6-4 motor from a still sealed blue tube of motors. 0373 John H. Cato, jr. Flown July 31 GA Thanks for 50 years of interesting times. Flown on a 'golden' Port-a-Pad with a 'golden' (i.e. brass) rod. Good flight. Thanks again for your contributions to the hobby. 0375 Brian White Flown July 5 WI Thanks for all that you have done. 0376 Bob Allen Building CT 0377 Woody Coates Flown July 31 VA Thanks to everyone involved, I can fly this with my 5 year old son. This is greatly appreciated. Congrats to the Estes! 0378 David Montgomery Flown July 13 TX Successfully flown using 1/2A6-2 excellent flight from launch to recovery. Perfect tumble during recovery, spent motor casing remained caught by the engine hook. Thanks a Million, Vern!! 0379 Joe Warner Flown July 27 ON Canada Dear Vern and Gleda, you couldn't possibly have known how you would touch the lives of so many young people with your rocketry enterprise. Thank you for all the great memories and for enriching my life! I wish both of you all the best! 0383 Katy Flown July 20 NC Thank You from a young 11 year old! 0384 Eric Flown July 20 NC Enjoyed building and flying with my daughter. Thanks for giving me something I could pass on to my children. 0385 Andy Hobbs Flown July 17 TN Happy 50th anniversary ! 0386 Daniel Hobbs Flown July 17 TN Thank you Estes family 0387 Dwayne Shmel Hoarded MN Kit signed by Vern & Gleda at NARCON 2008. Will keep as heirloom. 0388 Carol Marple Flown July 26 MN Happy 50th, Vern and Gleda! This Golden Scout will be displayed along with the hand-rolled, autographed body tube I received at NARCON 2008. 0389 Ben Ericksen Flown July 26 MN I had lots of fun flying my golden scout with my Auntie Carol. Ben E. (age 8) (Carol Marple's nephew) P.S. I'm your biggest fan! 0390 Blocked Hoarded MN 0391 Chris Lagemann Flown July 27 MO Flying balsa and paper since March of 1969. Thanks Vern and Gleda for a lifetime of fun and education. 4 good flights on golden scout - now retired. 0393 Greg Trovillion Building IL 0398 Mike Scopone Flown July 27 MI 0399 Mike Scopone Flown July 27 MI 0400 mojo1986 Hoarded ON CA 0403 Jason Speakman Flown July 6 CO Thanks for opening up the skies to those of us on the ground! With your inspiration, Im sure that the two of you are single-handedly responsible for thousands of rocketeers out there! Way to go!! 0404 Moe Bertrand Flown July 12 AZ Thanks for all you've contributed to the hobby in the last 50 years. 0405 Geoffrey Kerbel Flown July 12 AZ Never owned one when new, but so glad to have one now. Even better to have flown it for the 50th Anniversary of the model rocket pioneers. Many thanks are not enough to Vern and Gleda. 0406 Gerald Meux Jr. Hoarded AZ 0407 rocketnut Flown July 18 WA Thank you both for many happy years of flying! 0411 John E. McCoy Sr. Flown July 19 DC Many Thanks to the Estes for all they have done for the Hobby from the very beginning. The hobby has saved me in several ways thur the years:) 0412 Adam Palmer Flown July 20 OH 0413 Caleb Palmer Flown July 20 OH 0415 J. Savia Flown July 26 FL I enjoy building and flying rockets with my dad and my brother. 0416 Fred Taverni Flown July 25 NJ Built my first one in 1963! 0417 Mark Kulka Flown July 31 NY Thank you so much for everything. Since 1967, you have been my greatest teachers. Congratulations, Vern and Gleda. - Mark Kulka 0419 Larry Vondra Flown July 30 AZ Thanks for working through all the obstacles of starting a new hobby unlike anything ever done before. It has given many a start in science and technology careers that may never have. 0420 Mark H Flown July 26 ON Canada 'THANKS!' 0424 Andy Gadbois Flown July 2 MA 2 excellent flights first on an A8-3 with a nice whistle on the way up and the second it ended up being sacrificed to the rocket gods on a B6-4 another exceelent flight.Grats on the 50th anniversary of Estes. 0428 D. Seer Flown July 5 WI 0429 Michael Flown July 19 OH THANKS! 0430 Bill & Bryce Mcbride Flown July 12 OH Thanks for the help making model rocketry what it is today. My uncle started me flying when I was young now my son flies with me monthly at WVSOAR club launches Thanks for giving me many hours of enjoyment with my family 0431 Michael Emerick Hoarded OH 0432 Mike Rohde Flown July 13 OH Thanks for everything 0433 Mike Rohde Flown July 13 OH 0436 Dan Ruby Flown July 8 OH 0439 Paul Stutzman Flown July 29 FL Flew 0440 and 0439 in a two rocket mass launch @ naram 50 - but lost this one off to the left of the sport range hey anybody out there lmk if u find this one thx - P. 0440 Paul Stutzman Flown July 29 FL Thank you for the great rocketry memories it sure has been fun. 0441 Chris Anderson Flown July 26 OH Thank you so much for all your contributions to this wonderful hobby. I flew both of my Golden Scouts at our Cub Scout Pack's summer rocket launch. We're celebrating our 62nd year of service to our community. 0444 Lee Berry Flown July 12 OH A Great 50 years. 0446 Burt Holyfield Flown July 26 TN 0447 Marie Holyfield Flown July 26 TN 0448 The Holyfields Flown July 26 TN 0449 Daniel and Ethan Runyon Building GA 0450 Mark Briggs Flown TX 0451 Mark Briggs Jr. Flown TX 0452 Luke Briggs Flown TX 0453 Michael Emerick Hoarded OH 0454 Blocked In Queue WA 0455 Jerry Allen Flown July 22 WA Thanks for all the years you gave to this great hobby. 0456 John Ludwig Hoarded WA Putting this one away, but will launch my other two in July. Thank You Vern and Gleda for all your support of Model Rocketry over the years. 0457 Blocked Finished WA 0458 Ben Allen Flown July 19 WA 0459 Samuel Allen Flown July 19 WA 0460 Eben Schumann Building WA 0461 Eben Schumann Flown July 22 WA 0462 Alan Estenson Flown July 19 MN A pleasure meeting you at NARCON 2008! 0463 Hugh Finegan Flown July 26 OH Many of my fondest memories stem from building and flying your wonderful rockets. All my best to the both of you. 0466 Troy M. Fernandes In Queue MO Vern and Gleda, I just wanted to say a very sincere 'thank you' for all that you did to make this hobby what it is. 0467 Troy M. Fernandes In Queue MO 0468 Mitch Guess Flown July 28 VA 0474 Tater Schuld Flown July 4 WI Nice design, mine flew better than #0123 a great little rocket! 0476 Mark Bundick Flown July 27 IL Thanks for our hobby! Cheers, Bunny 0478 Donald Altschwager Flown July 12 IA Thanks for creating such a wonderful hobby! 0484 tpcarpent Flown July 25 MN Thanks for the signature and getting to meet you at NARCON! That was awesome! 0485 Todd Carpenter Flown MN Thanks for creating an awesome hobby! 0488 Ted Cochran Hoarded MN What a marvelous celebration! Thank you so much! 0489 Ted Cochran Flown July 28 MN Flown at NARAM. The motor stuck, and it came back nose first just like when I was a kid what a perfect anniversary memory! I will display this model proudly. It was a great idea for Carl to do this to commemorate the beginning of the hobby that has kept us so enthralled for 50 years. Thank You, Carl, for doing this, and thank you, Vern and Gleda, for your efforts over 50 years! 0492 John Cieslak In Queue WI 0493 Karen Ingmundson In Queue WI 0494 Lyle Merdan Flown July 31 MN Flew on a 1/4 A3 and it was a great flight. The recovery was tail first with a couple of flips. Thanks Vern and Gleda for everything you have done. 0497 Rick Vatsaas Flown July 19 MN Takk for alt sammen! 0498 Marc Mitchell Flown July 20 IL Purchased model at NARCON having met Vern and Gleda the night before at dinner. It was an extreme honor to meet such influencial yet entirely down-to-earth people. Far and away the most memmorable moment in my return to the hobby. 0499 Caleb Boe Flown July 28 MN 0501 Dwayne Shmel Flown July 29 MN Flown with wife Susan on 7/29 - which was our 19th wedding anniversary. Also the 50th anniversary of the founding of NASA. 0502 Robert M. Farrar III Flown July 19 TX Many thanks to G.H.S. and the Estes family! Semroc has to be the best to deal with in modern times. Bob 0503 Robert M. Farrar III Flown July 19 TX Many thanks to G.H.S. and the Estes family! Bob 0504 Robert M. Farrar III In Queue TX Great Idea! 0505 Bill Eichelberger Building KY Thanks for all the flights, all the memories and smell of black powder. Many happy returns! (In every way possible.) 0506 Bill Eichelberger Finished KY Did I ever mention that the Scout was the first rocket I ever saw launched? It broke a fin when it landed in the street, but by that night every kid in the neighborhood had an Estes kit. 0507 Buck Lawrence Flown July 31 NY Lots of fun, and lots of memories. Thank you. 0510 Bob Cramer Flown July 27 TX Thank you for some of the best fun a kid and adult has had for the past 35 years. I'm very proud that I have had this opportunity to honor your great accomplishments Mr and Mrs. Estes. Best Regards, Bob Cramer 0511 Stephen Cramer Flown July 27 TX Dear Vern and Gleda, I am so thankful we have had this chance to honor both of you on this historic event. I want to thank you for giving me much more than just a hobby. I was introduced to model rocketry over 35 years ago. I bought my first Scout in April 1976 and I still have it and now retired to display. I feel certain as a young teenager that rocketry kept my idle time focused on something far more creative and out of trouble. Thank you for all of the fun times and great memories! Best Regards, Steve Cramer Irving,TX 0512 Daniel Finkenaur Flown July 12 LA I grew up with model rockets. So did my dad (flight #514). The Scout was one of the first kits he built as a kid in the 60's. Thanks to Vern and Gleda for creating this family hobby. 0513 Allen Finkenaur Flown July 12 LA Thank you for pioneering this sport. We are going to organize a mass launch with our club. There will be at least 3 participants. :~] 0514 Griff Finkenaur Flown July 12 LA I still have my original flight box from 1968. It reminds me of the anticipation I felt waiting for a package from PENROSE. I am thankful that I can share rocketry with my family. Congratulations to Vern and Gleda on 50 years. 0515 Robbie Monk Flown July 12 FL Great tribute,for great people. Happy 50th anniversary! 0516 Jonah R. Dahncke Flown IN This was a completly awesome event and thank you so much for pretty much starting it all. 0523 Blocked Flown July 31 CA 0524 Blocked Flown July 31 CA 0525 George Beever Flown PA Vern & Gleda, My first model rocket flight, on October 17, 1968, was an Astron Scout powered by a 1/2A6-2 motor. I've been flying ever since! Thanks for many years of joy shared with my 2 sons and many great friends! 0526 Bill Walters Flown July 5 IL If it wasn't for you two I don't think this hobby would be as strong as it is today. A Big Thank You To The Both Of You!!!!!! And God Bless!!! 0527 Mike Bailey Flown July 4 CA Thanks for the many years of making rockets fun to fly! And for making the dreams of flight come true to our hearts! Keeping #528. NAR member since 1970 0528 Mike Bailey Hoarded CA Thanks for the many years of making rockets fun to fly! And for making the dreams of flight come true to our hearts! 0536 Pat Butler Flown July 31 IL I'm the Dad :) 0537 Blocked Flown July 31 IL I'm the other sister! 0538 Blocked Flown July 31 IL Flown 0540 David Roberts Building GA Thanks Vern & Gleda for getting such an important hobby off to a great start! 0547 Paul C. Smith Flown July 5 WI Nice flight on an A8-5. Thanks, all. 0548 Bill Beggs Flown July 26 NM Thanks for all you have done. 0549 Jeff Taylor Flown July 26 MN Congratulations, Vern and Gleda! 0550 Alyssa Taylor Flown July 26 MN Happy 50th! 0551 McKenna Taylor Flown July 26 MN Hi Vern & Gleda, Do you remember Caroline and me? We met you at NARCON. We are the 12 year old girls who ate dinner with you at the hotel's restaurant. Happy 50th anniversary! 0552 Caroline Andrews Flown July 26 MN Hi Vern & Gleda, Do you remember McKenna and me? We met you at NARCON. We are the 12 year old girls who ate dinner with you at the hotel's restaurant. Happy 50th anniversary! 0553 Dale J. Herman Flown July 2 NC Vern and Gleda deserve a big round of applause. Their hard work and effort has lead to the sport we have today. 0554 Casey Herman Flown July 2 NC Thank You for all you have done with such an interesting and educational hobby. 0557 Zachary Thompson Flown July 28 VA US Happy 50th Anniversary Vern & Gleda. Thanks for everything you have done. Let's all make this a great anniversary for Vern, Gleda, and everyone involved with Estes. 0558 John Thompson Flown July 30 VA US Happy Anniversary. Thank you for all you have done to make rocketry a great hobby. 0559 J. Stuart Powley Flown July 16 TX Thanks for all you have done! After 35+ years of flying, it's still a thrill. I now pass it on to kids at my school every year. Again, thank you SO much! 0560 Braz Flown July 20 OK Mr and Mrs Estes, Thank you, thank you. I've had forty-two great years flying rockets. -Braz 0561 Todd Mullin Flown July 12 CA Congratulations of 50 years of contributing to the space flight dreams of kids! 0567 Bill Miller Flown July 26 IL Thank you for a wonderful hobby that I have enjoyed for more than 30 years. Launched and recovered successfully on 7/26/08 0568 Bill Miller Flown July 26 IL Two Golden Scouts (#567 and 568) were launched and recovered on 7/26/08. For my nephews (ages 8,7, and 4), it was their first rocket launch. Thank you for a hobby that can be shared across generations! 0580 Jason Colt Flown July 26 MN 2 launches. Frist launch perfect. Second launch motor shot up in to the body. Did not tumble but lawn darted down, still in one piece though. 0583 Michael Crotteau Flown July 6 WI Thanks Vern and Gleda. Every time I launch a rocket today I remember all the fun we had back in the late sixties! Good times! 0586 Garrett Breindel Finished NY Will fly in July 0588 Tony's Rocketry Flown July 26 CA Thank you Vern & Gleda for all you have done for this great Hobby!! 0592 CWE Flown July 31 MA Thanks for creating a great hobby. Enjoying it a second time around with my son. 0593 Bruno Flown July 31 MA Perfect flight on an old 1/4A3-3T fitted in a used 18mm casing. 0597 Roy Green Flown GA Built, flown, repaired. Was not flown in July. 0598 Roy Green Flown July 31 GA Flew this one in my tiny front yard on a 1/4a3-3t, just before midnight! Hit a tree branch or two on the way down. Don't think I woke the neighbors! 0599 Roy Green Flown July 26 GA at NARAM 50! Just wanted to let you know how, upon returning to the hobby in 1990, and going to NARAM for the first time in 19 years, I was totally amazed to find that you still attended NARAM, and even more amazed to find you in the next room at the motel there in Dallas! I was a bit star-struck that year, but found the courage to get Vern to autograph my Alpha and Big Bertha (they've only been flown once since then!). The next year Vern helped me set up my Mega-Alpha up on the high power pad in Chicago, and that was absolutely the coolest thing that's ever happened to me in rocketry. I couldn't have been happier! Thanks again for everything! 0600 Roy Green Flown July 26 GA at NARAM 50! To Vern and Gleda, Thank you so much for providing the tools that have sparked imaginations worldwide for the past fifty years, and for the past forty years have provided me with so many great experiences. 0601 Roy Green Flown July 16 GA This rocket was flown on the 40th anniversary of my first model rocket flight. 0603 Katy Maina Flown July 19 MA 0604 Jack Donahue Flown July 19 MA 0608 Joe Cooney Flown July 28 WA 0609 Joe Cooney Hoarded WA 0610 Joe Cooney Flown July 28 WA Thanks for the 50 Years, I just wish I had gotten involved when I was younger. 0611 Leo Nutz Flown July 5 Germany Vern & Gleda, congratulations on the 50th anniversary of Estes Industries and thank you for your contributions to model rocketry! It was a thrill flying the Golden Scout on this wonderful occasion. 0612 Leo Nutz Hoarded DE I will keep this one sealed for now and build it for some other special occasion, like maybe in 2058 :-) 0613 Bruce Canino Flown July 26 NJ Thank you for all your years of service to our hobby. 0614 Bruce Canino Hoarded NJ 0615 Christopher J. Karabin Flown July 25 IL Dear Mr. Estes, Thank You for a lifetime of wholesome fun and excitment! 0619 Rick Taylor Flown July 4 MI Flown on 1/4A3-3t on shore of Lake Michigan after our traditional family picnic on the Fourth of July. The sun was low in the west, and the breeze died to a dead calm as I started the countdown. 0620 Rick Taylor Flown July 19 OH Flown at Neil Armstrong museum at their 39th anniversary celebration of the moon landing. Flown on 1/2A3-2T 0621 Rick Taylor Flown July 31 OH Proxy Flown on 1/4A3-3T at NARAM-50. (My first flight in 1962 was an Astron Scout on a 1/4A. Thanks Vern & Gleda!) 0622 RocketGirl Flown July 26 MN 0623 Mark Alterio Flown July 19 MA 0626 Curtis Chandler Building NC Thank you Vern and Gleda for everything you have done for this hobby. 0628 Matt Marcinkowski In Queue AZ 0629 Moe Bertrand Hoarded AZ 0630 Mark W. Howe Flown July 1 WA This was my first kit as a budding rocketeer, way back in the mid 60's. I became a BAR in 1990, and have over 175 rockets in my stable. Thanks for many many years of great fun and education!!! 0633 Jeramy Vetter Flown July 26 IA fun kit 0634 Brandon Rose Flown July 26 IA second rocket I've ever built fun and easy 0635 John Thro Flown July 13 TX Thank you both for all you've done! In fact, thank you for making model rocketry possible!