Category: US Air Force

When High Noise Levels are NOT the Issue (Part II)

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Aircraft / Audiology / Cockpit sleds / Decibel / Ejection seats / Escape capsules / F15 / Hearing loss / HHTF / Hurricane Mesa Test Track / KEMAR Mannequin / Loud Noise / Pilot / Pilot survival / Pusher boosters / Rocket motors / Solid propellant rockets / Test Environment / US Air Force

This is a continuation of the previous blog with the same name, but labeled Part I. The setting is the Hurricane Mesa Test Facility (HMTF) located atop Hurricane Mesa, a short drive from St. George, UT. HMTF has a 12,000 ft. test track that is fully capable of handling propulsion velocities exceeding supersonic. It is…

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When High Noise Levels are NOT the Issue! (Part I)

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Aircraft / Audiology / Cockpit sleds / Ejection seats / Escape capsules / F15 / Goodrich / Hearing loss / Hurricane Mesa Test Track / Loud Noise / Phantom 9 / Pilot / Pusher boosters / Rocket motors / Solid propellant rockets / US Air Force / US Navy

A few days ago I accompanied a couple of jeeping friends, Jim Beller and Paul Furr of St. George, UT to the Hurricane Mesa Test Track (HMTT) Facility a few miles from where we live.  It is currently owned and operated by Goodrich Corporation, Universal Propulsion Company, but was started in the mid 1950s by…

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