Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Dry lakes trivia

Muroc is named after the Corum brothers of Rosamund of about 100 years ago.

The Air Force changed the name of the dry lake from Muroc to Rogers after a pilot who crashed there (IIRC).

Edwards was a test pilot who crashed a Northrop Flying Wing bomber prototype in the late 40s.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/65803-howard-hughes-duesenberg-at-el-mirage-1947-not-what-you-think/

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