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Fire engine Sets Ground Speed Record at Holloman
Lt Col John P Stapp recently set a new ground speed record of 421 miles per hour on a rocket propelled railway sled at Holloman Air Development Centre near Alamogordo New Mexico The vehicle travels over 3500 feet of track loses its rocket unit at top speed and is braked by water brakes Nicknamed Engine No 1 Volunteer Fire Department the sled studies conditions when jet crews bail out at supersonic speeds.
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John P. Stapp
Holloman Air Development Centre
Alamogordo
N.M
Engine No. 1
Volunteer Fire Department