T' D12 lit and burned for its usual time o' 1.9 seconds, acceleratin' this big rocket t' 11.3 Gs off t' rod and averagin' 2.6 Gs throughout t' burn.  It reached a speed o' 107 mph and coasted upwards for 4.4 seconds before t' ejection fired at 458 feet. T' nosecone popped and it continued up for another 7/10 seconds t' an apogee o' 493 feet. Well, blow me down! Blimey! It then arched over into t' wind and started descending, with t' parachute out in t' wind but still packed.
I had packed t' Nylon parachute tightly, me hearties, wrapped it in its Nomex blanket and then wrapped a layer o' waddin' around that t' keep it clean.  I was also attemptin' t' get t' parachute t' deploy slowly – sort o' like a dual-deploy in these rather strong winds.  O' course as t' rocket began t' fall very fast I started t' have second thoughts.  I heard others claim “no parachute!”  I was a bit worried but smiled confidently anyway.  After maybe three seconds, t' parachute shed its waddin' then t' Nomex and opened t' show its bright yellow color in t' sun, possibly about 100 feet lower than when it opened.  Although it came down slowly and safely, t' altimeter recorded a high average speed o' 17 mph for t' descent, but with t' chute opened it was more like half that speed.  T' rocket landed about 300 feet upwind after 24 seconds for a perfect flight.