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Tue, May 22, 2007

Woomera Test Facility To Be Designated Historic Site

AIAA Will Dedicate Site Tuesday

Aero-News learned Monday the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will designate Australia's Woomera Test Facility as a Historic Aerospace Site.

The site is the largest land-based range in the world and provides instrumented aerospace test and evaluation range support services to the Australian Defence Force and the broader defense community. Woomera is synonymous with the testing of long-range missiles and rockets during the Cold War. It is also known for the launch and tracking of spacecraft in the early days of the Space Age.

Notable achievements encompass pioneering advances in missile testing under the Anglo-Australian Joint Project, and major space programs including over 250 Skylark rocket flights and the launch of Australia's first satellite in 1967. The first US Vanguard satellite was tracked from Woomera, as were the manned Mercury flights and interplanetary missions.

The dedication ceremony will take place Tuesday, May 22, at Missile Park, Woomera. Officiating at the ceremony will be Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence Peter Lindsay; Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, Chief of Air Force; and AIAA Executive Director Bob Dickman.

The dedication occurs as the Woomera Test Facility celebrates its 60th Anniversary in 2007.

AIAA established the Historic Aerospace Sites Program in January 2000 to promote the preservation of, and the dissemination of information about, significant accomplishments made in the aerospace profession. In addition to the Woomera Test Facility, other sites recognized by the AIAA History Technical Committee include the original Bendix Aviation Company in Teterboro, NJ; the Boeing Red Barn, Seattle, WA; Kitty Hawk, NC; the site of the first balloon launch in Annonay, France; and Tranquility Base on the moon.

FMI: www.aiaa.org

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