Showing posts with label Newspaper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newspaper. Show all posts

Sunday, September 10, 2023

A Page From My Hometown Newspaper

 
A page from my hometown newspaper, the Watsonville, CA Register Pajaronian from December 1975.
A group of aerospace modelers met for a weekly launch at a nearby school. I would call the nearby city airport each launch day to let them know.

The Gemini Titan is mine. Using only 6 volts, only one of the two engine cluster ignited. It veered and landed hard before the ejection charge. I asked the reporter not to comment on that flight.


Who would have guessed that 50 years later this would be a full-time job building show models for vendors!

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Hometown Rocket News

Edie, a best friend since we were five years old, sent me this via Facebook.
The article is from the Register Pajaronian, my hometown paper in Watsonville, California.
I had a route and threw 50 papers a day. The money earned (about 30 dollars a month) bought a lot of rockets.
The article looks like it might be a TARC competition.