chevysoldier Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 My grandfather helped design and build the Redhead Roadrunner Missile at North American Aviation. These pictures are from Feb. 1965 at White Sands Missile Range. The rockets would be sent up, the army would use radar, which was still new, to shoot it down as practice. The third picture shows duct tape which was used to hold some wires down. During flight it flipped up over the air speed sensor so it registered 0mph. It kept opening up throttle and hit Mach 2.2 which was stupid fast at that time. It was just a blip on the radar which the Army took as a malfunction and never fired on it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongDogRacing Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 got to love duct tape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 THIS is badassery to the fullest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Here's another one of him working on it with a buddy. One of my favorite photos. Edited January 5, 2016 by chevysoldier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 That is a great photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Cool history there. Thanks for the share 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Really cool! A museum somewhere would probably like the prints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 i was expecting pictures of a Plymouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Cool stuff brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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