30 June 1961 - The Black Vault

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Ci:lap t,e r 7 AIRCRAFT EN(lIHR DEVELOPllfENT MW TESTING I1anned and uruna.:-.nerl air-er-aft propulsion systems were the I: D~'''ls1on,J!jlr ,ecto.rate ofF-light Test. The Propulsion Branch '1 "R,aS lo(!at ~d 1n BO:lldlng l1umbet' 3800 'I/h1ch was cODlPleted 1n ~ce tntler 1955 at a. coato! 4829,'00.0. 2 In addition, a gas , . responsl'bl 11t;r of the Pl'opuJ.a1on Branch~ 1 Technical Support turbine eng1rt~ o,ve-rhaul, 15nQP 'jfa.,senl'lanced 1n 1956 by acqu1ring a .Er.etal1urg1.Cal 1a"o-oI'atory under Contract AE-04---(611)-2B54 ravor ll1g "the Red Dls:.:¥mdConst:ruct.lon Company, Inglewood, '4 CalU'om1a . .JTh:1.s' fac111 tysUPPol"teci evaluation of new ga.s turbine p Oliter plaOD8 and rclatedcoMj)onents. Evaluation included d1sa...eem'olYJ r«:pair, and re--assem.bly o£ engines and acce;ssorles-, ,an erJ,g1neer1ng an.t:ilV-Il'i3 of deficiencies, and rec o~~endation~ tor product improvement. Equipment and raci1 1t1~1S in the oVfrrhaul anop ir.tclUded an. X-ray laboratory for tel5t1ng I2:ng1n~ £\1£ 1 and 011 accE:~~or1e ' 21, gas turbine rotor bs'lanc1."lg C1"la~hln~B~ lUi'ginatlux and V'JSlo inspection equipment. and t en e ngi n-: :t"'epal .r and aSri€lJl o lt 1:Iays capa~le ot a'ZcollJmOdating 30-foot engln~8 welgh~g up to 10,000 pounds . 1. The Po·,qer Plant Branch "iiaS renallled Propulsion Branch~ 6 Sep 1960 . AF?l'C Organizati on ami ?c\mct1oml Chart No. 21 B, 6 Sep 1960. 2. :Ex t r-a~t or Real Pl'opf:rty Recorda, Civ1l Engineering Div. J 6510th AID AFFTC -' r.y ISg t Ohas EPpley I 22 ~.ay 1960. Build1ng 3 ~OO ·,.;a bullt b"J V.c ~nald Bros., u:'10:er Contr No . :' DP.-04- 353- Eng- 2290 . !f:c Donald rinl~h~d Contrac t iIi t'~iO 1n c re~~nt$ - -the ~ l rst i n Jan 1954 (~372}OOO) and the s e80nd 1n Dec 1955 (w 457 J 000) . In.tf,;l"''1l.
.. · .. In 1958, four huge engine test cells ~';er-e added to t.: c Propulsion TIran(;h complex uncle C' Contrac t number DA-Ol~ - 353 Eng-4691 at $4,120 J 000 in faVOl' of ShaH ~ Estes and Assoc iatee, Dallas, Texas. 4 The test cell unIt contained four lndlvldu;,;:.l cells \'Ihlch supported ambient static testIng of turbojet (~hl'ee cells) and turboprop (one cell) englnelS having a rnaximum of 50,000 pOWldS thrust or 25,000 horGepo\'/er respectIvely. Flnally, an X-15 rocket engine overhaul and test facilIty costing $490,000 was added to the PI'opuls1on Branch in February 1960.5 ]tl'lasnotadj'acentto the Propul~lon Branch complex like .al-:t previolls addi tions, but \1a ~ loea ted a bout a mile a\1:ly on Rogers Dry Lnke for easy access by X-15 aircraft and carrier B-52 I s. Shop facillti6,s·, a test s,tand J and fuel storage tcl";~:~ used. in testing XLR-11 and XLR-99 rocket engines .../ere the ma in 1tems 6f the X-IS rocket engine overha.ul area. 'Ihe test stand \'1h1ch could support engine testing either instaIled 1n aircraft or removed had a r:1axlmurm thrust capacity of 100,,000 rJOundc. 4. Extrac ted lJ.Y l';Sgt Chas Eppley from records maintalned by the .Corps of Engrs. !' '?gotIat10ns ','tere finalized cn 29 June 1956 and \o.'ork started. on 28 Jul 1956. Face value of the Contract ~.;as $li,120 J OOO to buIld four inclooed t'ype cells accoust1cally treated to reduce lnt.ake and €xhau~t nois.es. Construc tio!! se!"vlces included fully in ,~trume n tcd control rooms, installat10n of rr.echanical equipment, pres~ure sy~tems, and electrical items . Actual Gost was $4) 4'21,3'56. 5. P. J. Halv.er Con s truction Co. recei ved Carl,tract )!u1nh'2r' AF-04-( 611)-3003 on 27 F'eb 1958 to build :~ 318; 000 (ae t'..i.:.d. cont over f400,OOO) worth of facilities in addi tion to i tems added by h'orth America]) Av1ation, I n~ . I ntcrvJ.e"i LJ r'lSg t Chas Eppley Iiith Glenn Feltx , 1~5 t Ch, L 'opulslon Branch, 23 f·?ay 1961. 5 - 2
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Spink, Barry L Civ USAF AETC AFHRAJ
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, , ·::'i~,:~~'rg~~' DECLASSIFIED
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AUT H 0 R I Z A T ION ThiS ~terial
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of prototype and ne;'1 production e
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• • Co s t of OpeLa tlon ~ 1952
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- APPENprCES: A Sununary of AFF'X A
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(I 11 Charts: Page Cor:1.manders to
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" -, :- SUPPGE'rIHG 'l'Ar:, Hq A..
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Fag.:: r I 8 Dec 1949 I.: Feb 1951
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Page 26 Hay 1958 1 Jul 1958 17 Oc t
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t ·~ ~~ .jor· y,obert 11 . Io/hit
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1 Ghapter 1 HIS'roRY OF ASSIGHED UJ
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3 The XP-81 and xp-84 arr1ved at Mu
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5 Wing crashed during a test f11ght
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7 defunct 2159th Experimental Wing,
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9 Approval of the tofaster Plan si
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I 11 Mea.nwhlle, units were moving
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13 the 6S15th Armanent and Elec tro
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Growth and expansion affected Cente
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17 General Cooper was assigned to
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ltetircr.lents '{a.s,ter ::;'C!':t'
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Aircraft Inventor; Ninety-one aircr
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Branch inspection of all other J79-
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and development of the Qyna-Soar f1
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I on vehicles undergoing flight tes
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40 An Aerospace Research Pilot Cour
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filS?? a 44 Chapter 3 THE AIR FORCE
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:1 wFiiil 46 U co~~erc1al jet aircr
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I 52 Solid Rocket captive Test Fa,
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unt1l 1 February 1958 "then he ',':
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62 Brigadier General ~~rc~s F, Coop
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," I , Q q . pr'opulslo!l developme
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Directs the research and developmen
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olaf & RET F 68 launch from a tube
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