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Initial
phase
of
bumper
flight
Description
Army
Ordnances
two
stage
Bumper
rocket
zooms
skyward
from the
long
range
Proving
Ground
at
Cocoa
FL
on the
first
leg
of its
flight
.
When
the
basic
vehicle
, a
V-2
,
reaches
the
end
of
it
s
first
burning
period
, a
smaller
Wac
Corporal
missile
will be
separated
form
the
nose
for its
own
high
powered
flight
. An
Ordnance
Bumper
similar
to this
test
vehicle
attained
a
speed
of
5,000
miles
an
hour
and a
height
of
250
miles
at their
White
Sands
Proving
Ground
, the
greatest
velocity
and
highest
altitude
e4ver
attained
by a
manmade
object
.
Firing
such
missiles
is
part
of the
General
Electric
Companys
Research
and
development
program
for the
U.S
.
Armys
Ordnance
Corps
,
Creator
General
Electric
Company
Date
1955-02
Original collection
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America - Nation's Business Photograph Collection
Accession number
1993.230
Hagley ID
PC20110512_775.tif
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