[BenLurkin]

"WHAT GOES UP ... - Sixth-graders from Hacienda Elementary School in California City watch their team rocket descend from the sky Friday after it was launched in competition at the Mojave Air and Space Port." EVELYN KRISTO/Valley Press

[Kirkwood]

Model rocketry took a big hit after 9/11.

[Viking2002]

LOL I can remember the rocket derby from scout camp. It was a blast (pun semi-intended) just to see if half the entries would stay vertical, and come back intact. I lit off an Estes Mosquito that I'd shoved a D6-5 into. A bit too much thrust, in retrospect - it got about six feet off the pad, lost a stabilizer, hooked a 90 like it was an SR-71 Blackbird at cruise altitude, and shot a quarter mile out the main gate with everyone in it's way ducking for cover. Reminded me of an anti-tank missile that was late for work. LMAO

[martin_fierro]

This Estes "Scrambler" could tote an egg into the heavens

I built & flew one of these scissor-wings once. Worked great!!