Vol. 6 No. 1 Winter 1999—2000 MUSEUM FOUNDATION SPONSORS SIDEWINDER BOOKLET PUBLICATION Duane Jack Russell Certainly the most well known China Lake legacy is the Sidewinder missile. Sidewinder is generally regarded as the most effective tactical missile in the Navy or Air Force in- '“VEUI!Q In girtgéamisgigair“; AN” * f' figzwrsrrefixaebesx ‘ ample of how in-house Vix'w‘ I I b I ' YEARS f“ 2:26;:sz be 1.33; to operate to develop ordnance for the serv- ices. /- ,f The stories of Side- winder's origin are leg- endary and have cer- tainly been embellished over the years. Liz Babcock has gone a long way to separate fact from fiction in a new booklet she has auth- ored, entitled "Side- winder: Invention and Early Years". The booklet was largely ex- tracted from her forth- coming Volume Illof the Iizabeth Bobcock history of the Navy at China Lake. It is well researched and highly entertaining. She has captured the technical break- throughs along with the social and political climates of that time period. The China Lake Museum Foundation is sponsoring publication of the booklet. it is available in the Exhibit Center gift shop at $6.95 per copy, plus sales tax and shipping as appropriate. , OCR Text: Vol. 6 No. 1 Winter 1999—2000 MUSEUM FOUNDATION SPONSORS SIDEWINDER BOOKLET PUBLICATION Duane Jack Russell Certainly the most well known China Lake legacy is the Sidewinder missile. Sidewinder is generally regarded as the most effective tactical missile in the Navy or Air Force in- '“VEUI!Q In girtgéamisgigair“; AN” * f' figzwrsrrefixaebesx ‘ ample of how in-house Vix'w‘ I I b I ' YEARS f“ 2:26;:sz be 1.33; to operate to develop ordnance for the serv- ices. /- ,f The stories of Side- winder's origin are leg- endary and have cer- tainly been embellished over the years. Liz Babcock has gone a long way to separate fact from fiction in a new booklet she has auth- ored, entitled "Side- winder: Invention and Early Years". The booklet was largely ex- tracted from her forth- coming Volume Illof the Iizabeth Bobcock history of the Navy at China Lake. It is well researched and highly entertaining. She has captured the technical break- throughs along with the social and political climates of that time period. The China Lake Museum Foundation is sponsoring publication of the booklet. it is available in the Exhibit Center gift shop at $6.95 per copy, plus sales tax and shipping as appropriate. , China Lake Museum,China Laker - Newsletter,China Laker 2000s,China Laker 2000,Vol+6+No+1+Winter+1999-2000.pdf,Vol+6+No+1+Winter+1999-2000.pdf Page 1, Vol+6+No+1+Winter+1999-2000.pdf Page 1