A Bit of History
By Art Nestor



...The patch design was inspired by the cover of the Fall
...1980 ESTES Industries seasonal sale catalog. The rocket
...depicted on the patch is the INTERCEPTOR.

...There are six stars representing six Pittsburgh area rocket
...clubs. It looks now like the final design will have only five.
...The reason being that I cannot obtain a complete section
...listing to determine the total number of sections that may
...have existed in the greater Pittsburgh area. Hence, we
...will recognize only those sections known to actually have
...incorporated the name Pittsburgh in some form in its name.


...1st star is silver for the PSC #473
...2nd star is white for Steel City Section #
...3rd star is white for Three Rivers Section #
...4th star is white for South Pittsburgh
........Area Rocket Club
...5th star is sky blue for Tripoli Pittsburgh
........Prefect #1 and Tripoli National		 ........The Interceptor is white
........The background is black
........The red arc remains the same
........The planet pictured is not Earth
........The small circle to the left of the planet
...........will be a ringed planet
........Pittsburgh and 1999 will probably be silver

* 'Interceptor Likeness Courtesy of Centuri Corp. and used with permission'

Last Updated: 08/04/2013 22:13:50