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pterodactyl
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From The Rocketry Forum:
...just a short note to advise the rocket community that Mike Dorffler passed away today, Sept. 7th, 2010 at 9:31 am. He passed away peacefully at home with his family beside him.

He will be missed by all...god's speed Mike.

Respectfully,
Mike Fritz
Estes-Cox Corp.

For those of you who don't know, Mike Dorffler was a model rocket designer at Estes.

His long list of contributions to the hobby were:

  • Astron Omega (K-52) 1970
  • Astron Sprint (K-49) 1970
  • Cineroc Movie Camera (K-47) 1970
  • Cineroc with Omega Booster (RC-8) 1970
  • Saros (K-54) 1970
  • Astron Alpha III (K-56) 1971
  • Quasar (MK-1) 1971
  • Banshee (0703) 1972
  • Vampire (0704) 1972
  • Shark (1111) 1973
  • Yankee 5 (1112) 1973
  • LTV Scout (1287) 1977
  • Pegasus (0806) 1977
  • Black Brant III (1293) 1978
  • Cobra-1500 (1294) 1978
  • Mean Machine (1295) 1978
  • X-Wing Fighter (1298) 1978
  • Astrocam 110/Delta II (1327) 1979
  • Astrocam 110 Outfit (1410) 1979
  • Eclipse (0846) 1979
  • Blue Bird Zero (1335) 1980
Compiled from Launch Magazine, Mark Mayfield interview with Bill Simon.

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I built a Pegasus back in '77 with one of my sons. You never know.

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