Lt. O. J. Cooper and William Purdy inspecting the U.S. Navy Martin Viking No. 7 rocket before record altitude flight, White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico

Lt. O. J. Cooper and William Purdy inspecting the U.S. Navy Martin Viking No. 7 rocket before record altitude flight, White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
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  • September 6, 1951
  • Lt. O. J. Cooper, Navy Project Officer, and William Purdy, Martin Project Engineer, going over the check-list of tests before the launch of the U.S. Navy’s Martin No. 7 Viking on its record-breaking altitude flight of 135 miles from the White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 6.5-ton, 48-foot-long Viking 7 was built by the Glenn L. Martin Co. for the Naval Research Laboratory.
    OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO RELEASED BY THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE.
    Released Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 1951.