Description of the experiment station of the Air Corps jet propulsion research project : Air Corps Jet Propulsion Research Report No. 6, 1941 Feb 26.

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Description of the experiment station of the Air Corps jet propulsion research project : Air Corps Jet Propulsion Research Report No. 6, 1941 Feb 26.

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This report contains pictures and descriptions of the jet propulsion research project. According to the report "The project... is located on the outskirts of Pasadena, California on property leased from the Water Department of the City of Pasadena. A staff of ten men is employed to carry out a program for developing jet propulsion for aircraft super-performance applications." In addition, several buildings are pictured and described including the main building, the machine shop, the physical rocket problems laboratory, the powder laboratory, and the liquid and solid propellant rocket motor testing layouts.

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