I bought this rocket at an auction. when I got it home, I took the cardboard piece behind the rocket out and found a mimeographed sheet from the open house event for the dedication of a rocket fuel plant on May 14th 1958, saying that this was a door prize. I can't find that paper now, but hopefully I will find it tucked away somewhere in my messy basement some day. I do still have the 3x5 card you can see in the 2nd photo.I did a little Google research and found that high energy fuels ( HEF or Zip fuels) were thought to be the net big thing for jet planes in the 50s,because they contained a lot more energy than regular jet fuel.It was abandoned for use in jets becaue of many problems, including it, and the exhaust it created were very poisonous, and when it burned, it created particles that wore engine parts, and caused failures.After that, research was done on using it for rocket fuel, but that was abandoned too, in 1959.This toy uses vinegar and baking soda, so it's a little safer. I love the artwork on the box, the military looking bottles for "oxidizer storage" and "oxidizer dilution", that it says it was designed by missile engineers, and that it says in big white letters COMPLETELY SAFE, then in smaller darker letters, when launching instructions are followed. Another interesting factoid: the Olin Matthieson Chemical Corp. owned the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. The toy was made by Scientific Products Co. of Richmond Va.
Here's another rocket. I had one of these when I was a kid, in the mid 60s. I found this one a couple years ago.The Lost In Space robot I found at Toys R Us many years ago.
I had a few of these rockets when I was a kid. I say a few because I'd end up shooting them so high up some trees or on someone's roof that would I'd lose them. By the time any of them fell out of the tree, they were ruined or I didn't have the pump anymore. A few years ago I was messing around with a needle attachment on my air compressor and some old water bottles partly filled with water. I poked a tiny hole in the cap and gave a few good hits with air and whoomp! the bottle went flying. It wasn't as stable but it sure went far. It didn't matter if I lost any and some even went KABOOM from too much pressure. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
A old Saturn Rocket. I built one like it as a kid. But crashed it. The parachute didn't open. Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
A bump to see more vintage space stuff. The 50s and 60s was all about cars and space. Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
It is just old flex duct. He has a long way to go yet. I really liked Lost in Space, and the Robot was the coolest part of the show. Remember CYCLOPS ? Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I remember our family going to the 64 Worlds fair. I couldn't wait until the year 2000! A model I built of what I thought we would be driving in the future. Ron........
So, here we are in the year 2021.... Shouldn't we be whizzing around in some sort of electro magnetic contraption that hover's (sp) 5 inches off the ground by now?????.....
The TWA Moonliner on top of the old TWA Headquarters in Kansas City. It was placed there in 1956..They are in process of taking it down to repair and restore it and put it back up.
Just a little bump to see how we perceived the future back in the day. I hoped to be driving a car like this Lincoln Futura by the year 2000.
I guess this will be way off topic, but when I saw "Vintage Space" I thought of these photos. This shop has SOUL! Lynn
Hahahaaa. I had and LOST many of these rockets! As far as the robot from Lost in Space, I still have a large and small version
Cool photos Lynn. This thread is about going back in time. {A HAMB time machine} So thanks for sharing. And Lost in Space is always COOL !
Just a bump to see more old back to the future junk. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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