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Bill Stine Retirement Announced
Announcement on the Estes company FB page that Bill is retiring. I attached a screenshot if you’re not a FB user and would like to read what Bill had to say. Retirement was a bittersweet time for me but after the transition I’m enjoying it - best wishes to Bill and hope he enjoys his as well!
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With Bill’s retirement, it may be the first time since the inception of th hobby of model rocketry that a Stine will not be directly involved in the hobby either with a manufacturer or administration of the NAR.
Good luck Bill in retirement! Earl
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Earl L. Cagle, Jr. NAR# 29523 TRA# 962 SAM# 73 Owner/Producer Point 39 Productions Rocket-Brained Since 1970 |
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You might be making this profound announcement prematurely. It's not like he's 102 years old and will be spending his time doing puzzles.
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That was based on the assumption that Bill would no longer be working directly for another rocket manufacturer or be a future president of the NAR or a board member. Either Harry or Bill has or had a position such as that somewhere in the hobby best I can recall since the latter 50s. I wasn’t talking about just simply ‘being involved’ in the hobby.
If Bill is gonna go to work for another company, start another rocket company, or become a NAR board member or president, become the NAR mag editor, etc., then my comment would not apply. Earl
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Earl L. Cagle, Jr. NAR# 29523 TRA# 962 SAM# 73 Owner/Producer Point 39 Productions Rocket-Brained Since 1970 |
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Bummer loss for Estes.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC ! |
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except for the three years between him selling Quest to Gary and John asking him to come to Estes.
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Bill Stine...
Retired.... Hard to believe. It seemed like only yesterday (Okay, it was 35 years ago) that Bill and I worked together at Enertek. We were going to change the hobby of model rocketry forever. Well, that didn't work out. Enjoy retirement Bill! Bob PS: You are still a weenie. |
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..I have one somewhere.
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Bob, Somewhere in the stash there's an Enertek catalog-the years have surely zipped by. Other Bob
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I found this comment interesting: "Another big task was to re-establish our factory relationship in China since they got hurt pretty badly financially in the HOBBICO bankruptcy." I wonder if reshoring the kit manufacturing operation was considered. My guess is it was. Anyway retirement from Estes could just mean on to the next thing.
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