Photo and map credit: Charles A. Koch
An aerial photo of Venice, Florida, showing the Venice Municipal Airport and the location of the Eglin Gulf Test Range, belonging to Eglin Air Force Base, on Brohard Beach, in Venice, Florida, where the Regulus II KD2U-1 target drones were launched. |
A map showing the location of the Venice Municipal Airport and the Eglin Gulf Test Range. The Regulus II target drone hangar was located on the north side of the airport, next to the Suncoast Aviation hangar. |
A sign indicating Station D-6 of the Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Gulf Test Range, in Florida. |
The Regulus II launch site with the Gulf of Mexico in the background. A three-mile restricted area was enforced, during target drone launchings. Launching were aborted in the final seconds, sometimes, due to poor weather, technical difficulties, or a boat in the restricted area. |
The Regulus II launch site, looking at it from Brohard Beach and the Gulf of Mexico, on September 2, 1959. The nose of a Regulus II target drone can be seen about the center of the photo, under the pyramid shaped growth of trees. |
Looking down Brohard Beach, near the Regulus II launch site, on August 21, 1959. |
The Regulus II launch site, on August 11, 1959. |
A Regulus II target drone on a launcher, on August 21, 1959. |
Regulus II target drone GM-2008 on a launcher. |
A Regulus II launcher, just after a target drone has been fired. |
