First Hand Witnesses of Sled Testing Over the Past Forty Years

Abstract

This editorial offers some insight into the growth of the sled testing industry from a couple of dinosaurs of the SAFE Association. In this most technologically advancing world we thought it might be a good thing to review what we have seen during our careers and where this aspect of the test community may be headed in the next decade or so. The US aerospace industry has been rocketing sleds down tracks from Lakehurst N.J. in the east, to Hurricane Mesa and Holloman AFB and Edwards AFB China Lake in the west for over sixty years. These tracks have provided fundamental insight into human tolerance weaponry and escape system performance not possible elsewhere. Unfortunately many of these facilities are no longer operational or are in danger of closure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADP023053

Entities

People

  • Don Mccauley
  • Gordon Cress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Analogs
  • Cameras
  • Cockpits
  • Computers
  • Ejection Seats
  • Escape Systems
  • Flight
  • Fuselages
  • Instrumentation
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Sled Tests
  • Test Vehicles
  • Trajectories
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects