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I've read these as a kid and they were some of the books I made sure I had in our house to read to my children. It seems like these would make a great TV series.

Brinley also wrote a book about creating model rockets that I read as a kid. I didn't realize he was the author of the Mad Scientist Club books until I was an adult. https://archive.org/details/RocketManualForAmateursByCapt.Be...

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Yeah, "Rocket Manual For Amateurs", the book that inspired Homer "Rocket Boys" Hickam.

EDIT: Wow, ha ha, I just remembered that 15 or so years ago I was in a bidding war on eBay over a copy of "Rocket Manual For Amateurs". When I realized that I was bidding against Homer Hickam (I think his username was pretty obvious — like 'hhickam') I stopped bidding and let him have it.

When I just recounted the story to my wife she says, "I thought you won it and he was mad at you." That's not how I remember it.

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