| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Auk I | 6 ft |
| Auk II | 10 ft |
| Auk III | bounced off tree to the grouynd |
| Auk IV | hit the mine |
| Auk V | about 50 ft |
| Auk VI | twice as high as the mountains |
| Auk VII | less than 50 ft, horseshoe turn, hit the ground |
| Auk VIII | bounced off blockhouse, exploded |
| Auk IX | new propellant, no more than 100 ft |
| Auk X | fizzled and rocket; propellant was too wet |
| Auk XI | ro ket candy; exploded |
| Auk XII | 760 ft; used electrical ignition system |
| Auk XIII | descovered how to fix the nozzle |
| Auk XIV | 3,000 ft |
| Auk XV | half the altitude as Auk XIV; built by the machinests |
| Auk XVI | straight up |
| Auk XIX | blamed for the start of a fire |
| Auk XX | exploded because of the welding |
| Auk XXI | 3 weeks after the accident at the mine; 4,100 ft |
| Auk XXII | zinc- sulfur; exploded because the powder was too loose |
| Auk XXII-A | zincoshine; over 200 people came; 38 seconds, 5,776 ft,; broke mile barrier |
| Auk XXII-B | tested to measure thrust; used butcher scale |
| Auk XXII-C | 2nd thrust test; used Elsie's bathroom scale; scale blew up |
| Auk XXII-D | final in series using countersunk nozzles, too windy and landed in Coalwood |
| Auk XXIII | 7,506 ft |
| Auk XXIV | 8,500 ft |
| Auk XXV | 15,00 ft |
| Auk XXVI | 3,000 ft |
| AukXXVII | 9,000 ft |
| Auk XXIX | 6 ft. long; just under 4 miles |
| Auk XXX | 23,000 ft |
| Auk XXXI | 6.5 ft. long; launched by Homer; nearly 6 miles |
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