New sled constructed by Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp set "world speed record for recoverable sleds" at 1560 mph on 10,000 ft high speed track at U S Air Research and Development Command's flight test center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif; sled designed to race through simulated rain storm at supersonic speeds, carrying exposed part of aircraft or missile.


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    Title :

    Mach 2 rocket sled


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Published in:

    Engineering ; 181 , n 4712


    Publication date :

    1956


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



    Braking rocket sled

    Henry, F.D. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1961