My father was a wind tunnel model maker at his machine shop. Up till his
untimely death in 1963 he made many different model tail and wing surfaces for
the Aircraft companies. One of his models was a rocket sled. I know somewhere
in my mothers archives are pictures of it. My great uncle, a cabinate maker by
trade, built a beautiful box for it. That was the only time I ever say him do
something like that for one of his clients. I remember how differet the model
was than the
wings I looked at. I wish I knew where it is now. Rocket sleds were really
cool, especially the ones on the Discovery channel and Wings we get to see
today. Those tests were awesome.
-----Original Message-----
From: W S Potter [mailto:wester6935@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:26 PM
To: glen barrett; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Hurricane Mesa
They are using the rocket sled track up there to test parachute ejection
systems.
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