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...Force hopes to solve the problems with a high-speed, ground-borne "airplane": a rocket-propelled sled. Built with the help of Northrop Aircraft, Inc., it roars along a two-mile section of track at Edwards (formerly Muroc) Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. To eliminate jolts, the rails were laid at night so that heat waves would not upset the sighting instruments...
Last week at Muroc Dry Lake, Calif., the Navy staged a press demonstration of the Skyrocket which was a face-reddening flop. The plane never got off the ground. But many earlier tests have been successful. The Skyrocket's top speed, not announced, is probably around 1,000 m.p.h...
...special camshaft. After months of work and $800 to $1,200 spent for parts, they have a racer that will turn up 140 h.p., capable of speeds over 100 miles per hour. They have been clocked at better than 140 m.p.h. at the Southern California Timing Association's Muroc Dry Lake track, a center of U.S. "hot-rod" racing...
...Walled off from the world by the desert and the strictest military secrecy, Muroc Dry Lake...
...Chuck and brunette Glennis live in an airy desert house that is only a short drive from Muroc. They have three children. Donald, 3, has reached the shy stage, but Michael, 2, climbs all over visitors. Sharon Christine, 14 weeks, shows early signs, thinks proud Chuck Yeager, of developing into a pretty girl. What does Glennis think of his special kind of flying? Says Chuck: "I was flying when she married me. It was part of the bargain...