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Original publisher: Washington, DC : NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA Headquarters : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2003. LC Number: TL568.N23 U6 2003 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)51518730 Subject: Aeronautics -- Research -- California -- Rogers Lake (Kern County) -- History. Excerpt: ... raise hell. " It was expensive, again, by the standards of the time if you were paying motel rates not housing rents. Other than people staying there for a couple of days or something like that, I think basically we didn't use her place. Q: The first time you met Pancho, do you have any recollection of that? A: Yes, Pancho was Pancho, you know. I don't recall what she was doing at the time, but she was cordial and spent time with us. She started telling us about who she was and so on. She didn't think much of Gilkey as I recall. Q: Gilkey's successor, Colonel [ Albert ] Boyd, I understand that he and Pancho were close. A: They were very good friends. They got along very well. There was a different personality. Boyd was an old pilot. I should say, " Older pilot. " Gilkey was an old pilot. Q: I'd like to go back to what you were saying when you talked to Pancho about the possibility of temporary housing for some of your people and she said that she didn't want families around because the place was where you came to blow off steam. Did you visit there often? A: Not a lot, often enough. I had my family out here and we had our life. We went to parties there. Q: I heard that Pancho used to have parties for milestone flights. A: Yes, we would go to those. First flights. Pancho provided the facility and the parties were usually paid for by the contractors. Q: I have also heard that when Yeager broke the sound barrier [ on October 14, 1947 ], NACA and some military personnel wanted to have a party out there and that was squelched because people of higher authority wanted to keep it quiet. A: You see, a funny thing had happened there. Until we flew Mach 1, t
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