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The maiden flight of the Nike Smoke "Stretch" was on Jun 13, 2008 at Lucerne Dry Lake Bed. It was launched with a Main K700W and then an airstart of two I200W and then another airstart of two H97FJ. The video camera was a Aiptek Model # DZO-V58. The winds were at about 8 mph with gust to 10 to 15mph. The rocket landed about 1500 feet from the launch pad and had minor damage to the top of the booster section tube when the rocket was dragged by the wind.

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The second flight of the Nike Smoke "Stretch" was on Nov. 7, 2008 at Lucerne Dry Lake Bed. It was launched with a Main K700W and then an airstart of two I200W and then another airstart of two I200W. The rocket reach an altitude of around 4,500 feet agl. The video camera was a Aiptek Model # DZO-V58. The winds were at about 2 mph with gust to 3 to 5mph. The rocket landed about 600 feet from the launch pad.