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Catapult sled test tracks
North of the runway
Lakehurst NAS (1.73 mi / 2.79 km)
Six Flags Great Adventure (7.64 mi / 12.30 km)
McGuire Air Force Base (10.29 mi / 16.56 km)
Freehold Raceway (16.24 mi / 26.14 km)
Seaside Boardwalk (18.10 mi / 29.13 km)
Point Pleasant Boardwalk (19.24 mi / 30.96 km)
United States Steel Corporation plant (20.57 mi / 33.10 km)
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park (20.94 mi / 33.70 km)
Pennsbury Manor (21.10 mi / 33.96 km)
New Jersey State Capitol (23.81 mi / 38.31 km)
Comments
From: dthree
Mon Dec 26 23:38:05 -0800 2005
These are for testing arrester cable systems, the one's that "catch" the aircraft landing on a carrier. They send a rocket sled down a track towards the cable system for testing. Occasionally, the cables fail and the sled goes flying off the end of the track into the sand, and sometimes the woods beyond.
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