"William R Thompson" wrote in
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"Mechanical Menace" wrote:

Hi all, can anyone tell me what all the smoke is coming from the
sides of several missiles?

It's the exhaust from small spin motors. Honest John and
Lance were spin-stabilized during their boost phases.

--Bill Thompson




Thanx Bill.

I was thinkin in that direction, but I assumed that there would be a
spiralling smoke trail visible.
Probably these pictures were taken too early to see the missile "spinning".

Cheers,

Dennis Loep