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Space Shuttle

Manufacturer:

Estes

Kit #:

1284

Skill Level:

Four

Number in Fleet:

Two

Status:

A) NIP, B) Started

Max Altitude:

 

Engine:

Regular

Recovery:

Booster: 18” Parachute
Shuttle: Glider

Number of flights

 

From a young age I had always wanted this kit.  The level four deterred me away from it. My second time around in rocketry I was lucky enough to find one of these on sale at a hobby shop.  I never did open this one, and it is one of the two kits to survive from my previous fleet.  I just couldn’t part with it when I gave the rest of my fleet to my brother.

A second shuttle has been added to my fleet.  This one was bought from an “as-is” section at a hobby shop for $4.99! It has been lightly started, but I have gone through the entire contents and they are all there!

Shown below is the full page catalog information as taken from the 1979 Estes Catalog. The second picture is the opened, partially started kit in my collection.
 

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