Location
(date of last visit)

		Estes	NCR	Quest	Custom	LP	Aero	PML	DD
		K M P	K M	K M	K	K	K M P	K	K

Hobby Hangar	5*5 		2	3		4 5 2	2	1
Chantilly,VA

Piper Hobby	4 ?		3
Chantilly,VA

Hobby House	3*4	1 3				  2
Commonwealth Ctr
Sterling,VA	

Arl.H.Crafters	3 ? 		3	
rt50 & rt7
Arlington,VA

Granddad's	5*5B5	1 3	3 1	3	4	  3
Port Royal Rd
Springfield,VA
(1/31/98)

Olde Town Hobb*	3 ?	1
downtown
Manassas,VA

Hobby Port 	3 ?	? ?				  3
Skyline Mall
Bailey's Xroads,VA

Dunn's T&H	4 5B 3	3 3
Worldgate
Herdon,VA

Dunn's T&H	4 ? ?	4 3
Manassas Mall
Manassas,VA

Pastimes	4 4 4
Quince Orchard Rd
Gaithersburg,MD

Ben Franklin's*	4 5B1
Fox Run Shop Ctr
Prince Frederick,MD

GPA Hobbies     4 5 2
rt301 south
Crofton,MD

Hobby Works	4 5 2	5 3	3 2 			  2
Laurel Shop Ctr
Laurel,MD

Hobby Works?	5 5B2 	4 4	3 3			  3
Federal Plaza
Rockville,MD

Moran's 	5 5 0
rt301 & rt5
Waldorf,MD
(1/18/98)

Create-A-Hobby	3 5 2	1
Columbia Mall
Columbia,MD
(12/20/97)

Hobby City	4 5 2*
15751 Columbia Pk
Burtonsville, MD
(2/1/98)

Mayberry & Sons 5*5B3*
Summit Ave
Kensington, MD
(1/31/98)

Toys Unique	4*5 0
9812 Falls Rd
Potomac, MD
(1/31/98)

Michael's	5 4B
(1/25/98)

MJDesigns	5 3
(1/18/98)

Toys R Us	1 2bB
(12/13/97)

Kmart		1 1

Walmart		1 1

KayBee Toys	0 

Target				0

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K = Kits
M = Motors
P = Parts

? = don't know
  = (blank) not in stock

Estes == Estes 
Quest == Quest Rockets
Custom == Custom Rockets
LP == Launch Pad
PML == Public Missiles Limited
DD == Dangerous Dave
NCR == North Coast Rocketry(Estes subsidiary)
Aero == Aerotech

------------------ K,P Ratings ---------------------

All brands share K and P ratings criteria:
     0 = ready-to-fly only
     1 = one or two
     2 = handful
     3 = about half the catalog
     4 = quite a few
     5 = whole catalog

------------------- M Ratings ----------------------

Motor (M) ratings criteria are unique to each company:

Estes == Estes 
  M rating 1 = few (typically low impulse)
           2 = several (typically low impulse)
           3 = add D motors 
           4 = add boosters
           5 = whole catalog (add D plugged and boosters)
	   b = 6 packs
           B = 24 packs

Quest == Quest Rockets
  M rating 1 = single motor type
           2 = two motor types

NCR == North Coast Rocketry(Estes subsidiary)
  M rating 1 = single motor type
           3 = 2 of the 4 types of motors
           4 = 3 of 4 motors
           5 = all 4 motors

Aero == Aerotech
  M rating 1 = few single use   
           2 = lots of singles
           3 = singles and some reloadables OR singles and econojets
           4 = lots of reloadables
           5 = lots plus HPR reloadables


------------------- Shop Notes ----------------------

*Hobby Hangar - Estes KIT bulk packs
              - Some Shadow kits (#2094)

*Ben Franklin's - Ratings apply to this location ONLY, often out of 
                stock on many models and motor types

*Olde Town Hobbies - Not sure of address,  but it's in old town, near the
		train station. 10% discount on rocket stuff.

*Hobby City - had four BNC-70's in stock (blunt, egg-shaped).
            - has a HUGE selection of balsa

*Mayberry & Sons - two BT70 tubes
		 - 2 "Attack Craft Orion" square cockpit noses (71000, PNC50)
		 - 4 "Venom" style cockpit nosecones (71001, PNC50SP)
		 - some '96 catalogs
		 - 2 Mini-Patriot kits (#0896)
		 - 1 big R2D2 kit (#2104)
		 - 1 Shadow kit (#2094)
		 - 2 Space Program Membership kits
		 - KIT bulk packs

*Toys Unique - Impulse Pro-Series kit (#2064)

*Granddad's - 1 Shadow kit (#2094)
            - 1 SWAT kit (#2017)  (out of round tubes)


*Hobby House - 1 Natl. Aerospace Plane kit (#2037)