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De Vries, David G, photographer
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"G-AFFTC 20 APR 60, H-6-5A F-106A; ESCAPE SYSTEM RUN 5A." Testing the ejection system on a Convair sled. - Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Edwards Air Force Base, North of Avenue B, between 100th and 140th Streets East, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA
Depicted place California; Los Angeles County; Lancaster
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER CAL,19-LANC.V,1-23
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  • Significance: The South Base Sled Track is one of four major high-speed test tracks used to develop supersonic aircraft and rocket-propelled missiles during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally constructed as a 10,000-foot-long track in 1948, the track was expanded to 20,000 feet in 1958 to accommodate testing at higher speeds. The track closed in 1963. Though the rails of the track have been removed, the foundations of the track remain, as do several support buildings and protective berms.
  • Survey number: HAER CA-234
  • Building/structure dates: 1948 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1963 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca2560.photos.382632p
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Object location34° 41′ 53.02″ N, 118° 08′ 08.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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