Thanks for checking, Neal, and thanks for the photos, too!

Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR

**** Neil. That's quite a Cox motor collection.

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I used to fly a lot of the D8-3 motors in my Mars Lander and #1284 Space Shuttle.
Too bad they are all but impossible to find now.

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Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !

Hi GH,

In the previously mentioned Cox Rocket Motor History thread, https://forums.rocketshoppe.com/sho...21&page=1&pp=10, in post #14, https://forums.rocketshoppe.com/sho...57&postcount=14, you mentioned having some Cox C engines with a '72 or '73 date in your stash still. Are you able to confirm that with the actual production dates and possibly provide some photos please? Thanks.

Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR

Doug Malewicki called me back today and was able to share some additional information on the L.M. Cox Manufacturing Company's production of model rocket engines. Doug said that Cox did terminate model rocket motor production at the Cox Center in Santa Ana, California, when the fatal accident occurred there on June 11, 1971; however, he also said that Cox did have Myke Bergenske produce model rocket engines for them for a while after the accident, because Myke already had model rocket motor production equipment and was capable and able to produce the additional model rocket motors for Cox at that time. Doug did not know for sure how long Myke Bergenske produced additional model rocket motors for Cox.

Doug did say that a gentleman by the name of Ken Kilgore was in charge of the L.M. Cox Manufacturing Company model rocket engine production shop in Santa Ana, California, at the time of the accident. Bill Selzer was president of the company at the time.

Doug Malewicki also mentioned that he was not the designer of the Cox Safety Igniter, but that someone else (he could not remember the name) had done the development of the Cox Safety Igniter before Doug came to work for L.M. Cox in 1970.

Thanks to Doug Malewicki for providing that additional information! Doug is now 82 years young and is still going strong!

Kind regards,
Jeff Jenkins
aka: Faithwalker
NAR #46879 SR