Does anyone remember the Navaho missile?

[Byker]

Film footage: http://tinyurl.com/ztmxeqg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IElnBqHI-hE

The booster engine was redesigned to become the engine for the Redstone,
later for the Saturn 1. So this one of Apollo-Saturn ancestors.

Officially, the program was canceled on 13 July 1957, after the first four
launches ended in failure. In reality the program was obsolete by mid-1957
as the first Atlas ICBM began flight tests in June and the Jupiter and Thor
IRBMs were showing great promise. These ballistic missiles however would not
have been possible without the liquid fuel rocket engine developments
accomplished in the Navaho program.

[Old Geezerr]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:51:36 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

>Film footage: http://tinyurl.com/ztmxeqg
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IElnBqHI-hE
>
>The booster engine was redesigned to become the engine for the Redstone,
>later for the Saturn 1. So this one of Apollo-Saturn ancestors.?
>
>Officially, the program was canceled on 13 July 1957, after the first four
>launches ended in failure. In reality the program was obsolete by mid-1957
>as the first Atlas ICBM began flight tests in June and the Jupiter and Thor
>IRBMs were showing great promise. These ballistic missiles however would not
>have been possible without the liquid fuel rocket engine developments
>accomplished in the Navaho program.

It's cancellation was a real blow to the work force at North
American. They said that people were lined up in the halls getting
their pink slips. Took a while to recover from the cancellation.


Dave:
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[D. St-Sanvain]

DAN a écrit :
> Byker wrote:

At first sight, my first thought was of the iranian built twin tailed
F-5 derivative Saeqeh :)

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[Byker]

"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
...
>
> It's cancellation was a real blow to the work force at North American.
> They said that people were lined up in the halls getting their pink slips.
> Took a while to recover from the cancellation.

NA wasn't down for long. The X-15, XB-70, and GAM-77 (Hound Dog) soon
followed.

The Navaho's lines can clearly be seen on the Hound Dog

[Byker]