AIR MOBILE

 

AIR MOBILE FEASIBILITY DEMONSTRATION

VANDENBERG  AFB

OCTOBER 24, 1974

MINUTEMAN I BEING RELEASED ON A CARRYING CRADLE FROM A C-5A GALAXY AT 20,000 FEET

NOTE:  THE DROGUE CHUTES

 

DUAL PARACHUTES TRAILING MISSILE

 

SLOWING MISSILE DOWN AND ATTAINING AN ALTITUDE OF 8,000 FEET 

 

MISSILE STABILIZED AND NEAR 8,000 FEET

 

PARACHUTES RELEASED AND FIRST STAGE IGNITED

 

FIRST STAGE MOTOR FIRED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AND CARRIED THE MISSILE BACK TO 20,000 FEET

 

AFTER ATTAINING 20,000 FEET THE MISSILE FELL INTO THE OCEAN

 

A SERIES OF SEVEN AIR DROPS, FIVE MADE WITH CONCRETE SLABS AND TWO WITH INERT MINUTEMAN I MISSILES WERE PREFORMED.  SINCE THESE TESTS WERE MADE, NO FURTHER WORK WAS DONE ON THIS PROJECT

 

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