Hurricane Supersonic Research Site

The track's 12,000 ft (3,700 m) "of continuously welded, heavy-duty crane-rails aligned to within plus or minus one-tenth inch tolerance [was] the longest" in the US (cf.

[1] Coleman Engineering Company was contracted for $2 million in June 1954[2] and constructed the Supersonic Military Air Research Track (SMART), mechanical arresting gear (water brakes with 34 tons of force), retro rockets, and photographic/telemetering facilities.

Coleman was also contracted for operations on November 30, 1955,[1] and achieved a "world land speed record [using] a 9,400-pound sled rocketing down the track at 1,800 miles per hour."

[4] Adjacent to the test track, in an abandoned, out-of-service airstrip, which was called the Hurricane Mesa Airport.

(37°14′59″N 113°12′31″W / 37.24972°N 113.20861°W / 37.24972; -113.20861[5]) Now called the Hurricane Mesa Test Facility it is owned and managed by the Collins Aerospace division of the Raytheon Technologies Corporation.