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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 14, 1955 reads, "Airborne steel and rubber replica of 200-pound pilot flies through air after ejection from cockpit mounted on rocket sled. Test is to give engineers better idea of what happens during supersonic bailout."; See images #00144251 through #00144255 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Air Force Flight Test Center (U.S.) General Dynamics Corporation.--Convair Division Jet fighter planes--California--Edwards Air Force Base--Testing Jet fighter planes--California--Edwards Air Force Base Convair airplanes Delta Dagger (Jet fighter plane) Rocket sleds--California--Edwards Air Force Base Air bases--United States Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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