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The Centuri Years
Lee and Betty Piester developed a great model rocket company and came out with significant "firsts" in the hobby.
What would you say these would be, and, what kits would you include on the list. Thanks RD |
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Lee Piester: An Unassuming Legend
Dear Ken,
(mock seriousness) You dared to make this post. Here. Where there was a chance I might actually see it. (chuckling) I may have already said plenty on the subject about 7 years ago. CORRECTION: Lee and Betty Piester have told me they sold Centuri in 1970, as opposed to the date mentioned in the article. My mistake. .
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Jay Goemmer "Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero" YORF Member 28 Semroc SAM #0029 NAR 86131 "I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. " --Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022 “Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.” Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By 03 Sept 2014 |
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Lee Piester: An Unassuming Legend -- Part II
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You may need to use the "Zoom" function in a photo editing program to read these. .
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Thanks for an interesting article, Jay. Greg |
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The 1/100-scale Saturns and the 1/45-scale Little Joe II and later the 2.0" diameter Mercury-Redstone took "scale" model rocket kits to a new level.
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Unfortunatley, not everyone is a NAR member and don't get the magazine. Has Lee and Betty every said that they regretted selling the company to Damon? |
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Opinions Unfettered by Logic • Advice Unsullied by Erudition • Rocketry Without Pity
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Here are my votes:
1) Enerjet AP composite engines and Kits (Especially the Athena and 'working' Nike Smoke) 2) Mini-Max engines and Large Scale Kits 3) 1/45 Scale Little Joe II 4) 1/100 Scale Saturn 1B 5) Passport staging
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I have a copy of this edition of Sport Rocketry and must say, your article is top notch. Very informative and well written. Centuri didn't have much of a presence around here "back in the day" and I'm sorry I missed it.
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Getting out while the getting's good...
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This is just a rough paraphrase, but I seem to recall Betty saying they needed to sell Centuri because their stock prices were continuing to drop. In *my* opinion (*not* theirs!), they were probably trying to make the best of a bad situation. I'm just glad they managed to survive that particular downturn, and make the transition to their Hobby Bench stores. Cheers,
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Jay Goemmer "Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero" YORF Member 28 Semroc SAM #0029 NAR 86131 "I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. " --Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022 “Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.” Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By 03 Sept 2014 |
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