Wes;
Wasn't Col. John Stapp the first person to ride a rocket sled? The "G"
forces must be tremendous!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James Tone
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:50 AM
To: W S Potter; glen barrett; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Hurricane Mesa
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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