Three test tracks described; two are located at Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif; 2000-ft deceleration track and 10,000-ft track used for variety of high speed tests; third track, at Holloman Air Development Center, is 3600-ft test facility; application to research on aeromedical experiments, model testing, ejection seat testing, parachute deployment, etc; sleds are rocket propelled.


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    Title :

    AF gets highspeed data from supersonic sleds


    Additional title:

    Aviation Week


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aviation Week ; 59 , n 10


    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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