Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division
Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division (PAA GMRD) was a distinct division of
radars on the test range tracking ships and stations to the Missile Test Project of RCA Service Company
(RCAS).
PAA GMRD operated under the direction of the
Cocoa Beach
, at 750 South Orlando Avenue.
Operational and technical personnel requiring travel to downrange sites boarded U.S. Air Force
, or other type of small craft, depending on boat schedule and sea condition.Personnel returning from downrange passed through customs at the same hangar.
Further reading
- Alexander, George (1964). Moonport, U.S.A.: the fascinating story of the Kennedy Space Center and this nation's conquest of space: an authoritative illustrated handbook on (first ed.). Florida: n.p. OCLC 37344418.Also:
See also
- Pan American World Airways
- Eastern Test Range
- Western Test Range
- Missile Test Project
- Patrick Space Force Base
- List of ships of the United States Air Force