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

• 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

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.