The 6km-long facility was used to test an unspecified aircraft that reached Mach 2.28 on one run. China’s claimed speed records for the dual-track sled, but didn’t say which record it claimed. The USA ...

At Holloman Air Force Base, N.Mex., is a menacing contraption: a rocket-propelled sled that travels on railroad rails at 750 m.p.h. As an additional attraction, the passenger sits in a chair that ...

So for missile work the Air Force has Holloman Air Force Base in an empty part of New Mexico and Patrick Air Force Base on the coast of Florida. Desert Rocket Range.

Beloved Dadlet, Norman Lew Ingold, passed away on July 21, 2024, at the age of 90 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. Norm was born in Madison, Wisconsin on July 11, 1934. His second- ...

His next assignment was a bit more extreme. Col Stapp was tasked with studying the ability to withstand extreme Gs during extreme de-acceleration. Stapp went to Edwards AFB to conduct the research, ...

In 1953, Stapp was transferred to Holloman Air Force Base to continue his studies, where his date with the rocket sled known as Sonic Wind No. 1 awaited him.

The Claim A Reddit post, published on October 24, 2023, that was upvoted 8,800 times, includes a video with the heading "Hypersonic sled test / 6.599 mph / Holloman Air Force Base." ...

The Holloman High Speed Test Track is a rocket sled test track that is the "longest, most precisely aligned and best instrumented facility of its kind in the world," the draft report states.

Retired U.S. Air Force Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Alton Yates put his life on the line over 65 times involved in early testing in 1950s at Holloman Air Force Base.

In 1954, Stapp rode a rocket-propelled sled on Holloman’s high-speed test track in three successively more severe acceleration and deceleration tests. He also tested nine rocket engines on the ...

“When describing our requirements, we were able to design the motor to the sled track testing instead of the other way around,” said Bryan Sinkovec, JESTR project director at the HSTT, which is housed ...