Two beautifully crafted scale rockets as seen upon visiting the ARGOS launch in Kaltbrunn, Switzerland, as a spectator on November 7, 1999. The acronym ARGOS stands for Advanced Rocketry Group of Switzerland, a long-standing association of Swiss rocket builders, also registered as Tripoli Prefecture 103.
The rocket on the cradle stand is a scale replica of a WAC Corporal, the first American sounding rocket. The WAC Corporal's maiden flight took place on September 16, 1945. The model is seen here without the additional booster that launches the original. The white/black rocket is a scale model of the infamous German A4/V2 ballistic missile, painted to resemble the fourth A4 prototype as successfully launched on October 3, 1942.
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