# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5867
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/5867 "2024-04-06T20:12:17Z")
You started one on Model Rockets–but haven’t updated it in 19 years: > [@Model rockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-rockets/308273): > > When I was a kid – pre-teen – I used to love seeing the UPS truck come with a nice box from Estes. I loved those rockets! As an adolescent, I loved being in the desert where I had any number of spots from which to launch. Rockets are fun! slight_smile I still have some unbuilt kits lying about. There’s a balsa-nosed Alpha or two. These came with decals, but the ones pictured in the catalogue didn’t have them. Nope, white body, red nosecone, one black fin and a black stripe. I built a … For example: > I still have some unbuilt kits lying about. There’s a balsa-nosed Alpha or two. These came with decals, but the ones pictured in the catalogue didn’t have them. Nope, white body, red nosecone, one black fin and a black stripe. Did they ever get built? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)._