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- Collection: Cleared to Land: The Records of the Pan American World Airways, Inc.
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A test missile launch from Cape Canaveral in 1950
Image from page 15 of GMRD Clipper issue from October 1957. Caption reads: "Cape Canaveral, initiated as missile launching site in July, 1950 with firing of WAC Corporal Bumper, is first of GMRD-operated range bases."
The GMRD reporting structure
Image from page 8 of GMRD Clipper issue from March 1958 accompanying article entitled "ABC's of Our Defense". Major Kenneth Grine explains common abbreviations and organizational structure - GMRD which stands for Guided Missile Range Division reports…
Pan American's weather station at the island of San Salvador Island in The Bahamas
Image from page 13 of GMRD Clipper issue from May 1958. Caption reads: "San Sal is number five in the chain of 12 [downrange stations of the East Test Range]. Below is Pan American's weather station at the base."
Photograph of Pan Am's GMRD personnel issuing equipment to an RCA employee
image from page 9 of GMRD Clipper issue from August 1958. Caption reads: "In warehouse stockroom (Bldg. 989), Jim Branch, left, issues equipment to RCA's Bob Ritchie while Supv. George Courtney watches."
The Telemetry Building, Station 9 at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Image from page 13 of GMRD Clipper issue from September 1958. Caption reads: "Telemetry Building at Mayaguez, Station 9, is shown against dark sky." The Mayaguez station was the 9th of 12 stations that comprised the Eastern Test Range.
Photograph of personnel at Pan Am's Plant Operations Department at Cape Canaveral
image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, November 1958 accompanying article entitled "The U.O. Story". Caption reads: "U.O. Supervisor E. M. Haverty talks with Plant Operations Superintendant L. H. Moody, right."
Photograph of Water & Sewage Dept. personnel performing water analysis at Pan Am's Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral
image from page 6 of GMRD Clipper, November 1958. Caption reads: "P.W. Britain and J. M. Deloxier run analysis checking boiler water."
Utilities Dept. personnel performing missile-supporting duties at Pan Am's Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral
Image from page 8 of GMRD Clipper, November 1958. Caption reads: "Utilities workers perform a variety of missile-supporting duties at the Cape. Above, (l. to r.) E. V. Merriam, Daniel Nicholl and Robert Merson overhaul a water pump that feeds water…
Photograph of personnel performing missile-supporting duties at Pan Am's Guided Missile Range Division at Cape Canaveral
image from page 9 of GMRD Clipper, November 1958. Caption reads: "Below left, J. E. Cox and F. J. Lord check boiler readings at on eof Cape's heating plants. They must keep both temperature and humidity readings constant to preserve delicate tracking…
Photograph of launch pad at Cape Canaveral readying for launch of the Air Force's second Lunar probe
image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, December 1958. Caption reads: "Air Force's second Lunar probe, which stretched for 79,000 miles in space, is shown at left, above. Pad Service electricians must furnish lamp banks for night work. Mechanics and…