Stine Harry G. The Handbook of Model Rocketry

5-th edition. — New York: Prenticw Hall Press, 1987. — 367 p.G. Harry Stine is probably the person most responsible for starting model rocketry and guiding it through its early years as it grew into a highly respected worldwide aerospace hobby and sport. In 1957, he founded the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and started the first model rocket company, Model Missiles, Inc. An engineer, science writer, and science fiction author, he has written more than two dozen books since 1950. His many science fiction stories have appeared under his pen name, “Lee Correy,” but he uses his real name for nonfiction writing. This book, “The Handbook of Model Rocketry” has been cited as one of his most influential works and is in its fifth edition as the “bible” and official reference book of the entire hobby; its success has prompted many other books on model rocketry here and around the world, but it remains the updated original and most used book about model rocketry. Stine not only founded the NAR, but served for ten years as its president; he is now an Honorary Member and an Honorary Trustee of the NAR. For eleven years he served as President of the Space Model Subcommittee of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) in Paris. He represents the NAR as the Chairman of the Committee on Pyrotechnics of the National Fire Protection Association. He has been United States Senior National Champion Model Rocketeer four times and has guided his two daughters and son to United States Junior Championships. His daughter, Elbe, won a bronze medal in the First World Championships for Space Models held in Vrsac, Yugoslavia, in 1972, and he served as Chairman of the International Jury for that Olympic-level competition as well as for the World Championships in Dubnica-nad-Vahom, Czechoslovakia, in 1974. He is NAR #2 and holds United States Sporting Aviation License N-002.