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I grew up at the northern end of Woomera test range (largest land based missile test range on planet) and went into geophysical exploration - my father and his
by defrost 2y ago
I grew up at the northern end of Woomera test range (largest land based missile test range on planet) and went into geophysical exploration - my father and his crowd would find 'lost' missile shells in the Tanami desert and surrounds, I found a few with remote sensing some years on.
We still have manuals for a few missiles (during the dev stages) dating back to the 1950s and 60s.
- zabzonk 2y agoMy Dad flew a Vulcan from the UK to Woomera with a Blue Streak (never deployed UK missile) stage for testing in the capacious bomb bay. All sorts of adventures including illegally overflying Indonesian airspace - but the Indonesians could never intercept a Vulcan.
- defrost 2y agoThe Len Beadell network is epic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL44EAyz8Qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL44EAyz8Qc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Beadell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Beadell