Controlled Impact Demonstration Site

USA / California / North Edwards /
 aircraft, crash site
On December 1st, 1984, a full scale plane crash was executed at this location utilizing a remote-controlled Boeing 720 being forcefully crashed into cement barriers at the end of this runway. The crash was designed to test a new anti-misting fuel additive intended to reduce fires after a crash and to acquire aircraft structural data, seat-restraint and cabin structural systems data, and to assess passenger survivability of air crashes.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Impact_Demonstration
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Coordinates:   34°58'0"N   117°49'3"W

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  • The antimisting test failed, obviously....
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