Link to the Semroc archived product page:
https://web.archive.org/web/2005021...ts.asp?SKU=KV-2
First release announcement YORF 7/27/2005:
https://www.oldrocketforum.com/show...344&postcount=5
Formal Kit announcement:
Semroc is announcing four new kits at NARAM-47 in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are the Aerobee-Hi, Texas Firefly, cc:SST Shuttle-1, and Vega.
The Aerobee-Hi is a scale model of the original Model Missiles, Inc. Aerobee-Hi Kit# 000-1. The MMI Aerobee-Hi was the first mass produced model rocket by Orville Carlisle and G. Harry Stine in 1958. The Texas Firefly is a 175% upscale of the original Centuri Firefly that was released in 1968. The cc:SST Shuttle-1 is a "carbon copy" of the Centuri SST Shuttle produced in 1971. The Vega is an early Semroc single engine large beginner model rocket that was first produced by Semroc in 1968.
As the first announced sponsor and vendor for NARAM, Semroc fully supports this major event in the following ways:
• Semroc is proudly sponsoring the Division A Championship trophies this year. We recognize that the youth of today will be keeping the sport alive tomorrow and NARAM recognizes the "best of the best."
• We have released 100 special commemorative Aerobee-Hi kits that will be free to the first 100 customers at NARAM (and online ) until they are all gone.
• We will be sponsoring Junior High Power certification motors all week. If you are between 14 and 18 and want to certify in the NAR JHP program and you have your guardian present, we will help you be successful and provide your motor and use of the hardware FREE! If you don't have a rocket, see Ken Allen at Performance Hobbies and get hooked-up! We will work with the older "kids" for their cert flights as well.
• We will be providing Boids all week or until they are gone for anyone that wants to sit with us and build it and "talk rockets!"
• Surprises, drawings, some future kit demonstrations, and as much fun as we can pack in one week!
Kit pictures from an auction site.
Link to images of NARAM commemorative edition:
http://ashasta-sadie.com/2020/10/25/aerobee-hi/
Archive of page above.