THE CHURCHILL RESEARCH RANGE. A HISTORY OF ITS ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT BY THE AIR FORCE

The Churchill Research Range (CRR) at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, while small in both size and resources, is certainly the most unique among those units that make up the Office of Aerospace Research. For example, it is located in the coldest place in North America; it is the only range in the...

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Main Author: Phillips, Robert F.
Other Authors: OFFICE OF AEROSPACE RESEARCH ARLINGTON VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
Administration and Management
Humanities and History
Military Forces and Organizations
*AIR FORCE
*MILITARY FACILITIES
IONOSPHERE
HISTORY
COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
AURORAE
GUIDED MISSILE RANGES
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
SOUNDING ROCKETS
METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
COSMIC RAYS
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Canada
Fort Churchill
Churchill
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0464886
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0464886
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Summary:The Churchill Research Range (CRR) at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, while small in both size and resources, is certainly the most unique among those units that make up the Office of Aerospace Research. For example, it is located in the coldest place in North America; it is the only range in the world where rockets are fired from buildings; and it is the only U. S. range that boasts polar bears that nose around the launch area and the base camp much as do stray dogs in a typical urban area. It is different, too, in that OAR personnel merely administer the range, while Pan American World Airways, on a contract basis, actually performs the various operations. The range is maintained not only for OAR's use, but for other users such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U. S. Navy and Canadian research agencies.

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