Dec 1 1961
From The Space Library
Three new world helicopter speed records were claimed by Capt. Bruce K. Lloyd, U.S. Navy, and Comdr. E. J. Roulstone, U.S. Navy, who flew an HSS-2 helicopter at 182.8,179.5, and 175.3 miles per hour for 100, 500, and 1,000 kilometers, respectively, over a course along Long Island Sound between Milford and Westbrook, Conn.
Nike-Zeus guidance system successfully passed initial flight test at White Sands Missile Range.
Navy-sponsored Hypersonic Propulsion Research Laboratory, for simulating flights at speeds up to mach 10, was opened at Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University.
December 1-2: Two Roksonde meteorological sounding rockets were successfully fired from Cape Canaveral, telemetered measurements of winds and temperatures at altitudes above 180,000 feet. Produced by Marquardt for the Army, Roksondes had already completed a series of tests at White Sands Missile Range and Pacific Missile Range.
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