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8 unusual facts about Mojave


Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

The SP began building a branch from Mojave, California that same year, east to Needles, where the two met on August 9, 1883.

Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket

Following Carl's completion of these flights for the Navy, NACA technicians at the High-Speed Flight Research Station (HSFRS) near Mojave, California, outfitted the LR-8 engine's combustion chambers with nozzle extensions to prevent the exhaust gas from affecting the rudders at supersonic speeds.

Gérard Guillaumaud

Guillaumaud was born in France and was a graduate of the National Test Pilot School (NTPS) in Mojave, California.

Kellett K-2

A K-2 (c/n 2, originally registered NC10767) was discovered derelict in a barn and restored to flying condition by Al Letcher of Mojave in 2002.

Scaled Composites Proteus

In April 2003, a second series of flight demonstrations focusing on "non-cooperative" aircraft (those without operating transponders), was conducted in restricted airspace near Mojave, California.

Scaled Composites Stratolaunch

Construction progress on the giant hangar being built in Mojave, California for the Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft was given in an October 2012 story at Parabolic Arc.

Steve Archer

Born Leslie Steven Mark Archer in Mojave, California, US, the son of an Assemblies of God pastor, he began singing with his brother, Tim in their father's church in the northern San Joaquin Valley of California at age nine.

VisionAire Vantage

The first prototype, a proof-of-concept aircraft intended to confirm the design's handling, was built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites at Mojave, California.


American Dusky Flycatcher

As non-breeding residents in the south of their migration range, they are passage migrants over the deserts of the southwest US, the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, where they make their stops along the flyway.

Boeing 377

;August 1967: An Aero Spacelines Stratocruiser 10-29 (N90942) suffered a ground collision with Stratocruiser 10-32 N402Q at Mojave, California; the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

C. emoryi

Castela emoryi, the Crucifixion thorn, a shrub species native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

C. ramosissima

Cylindropuntia ramosissima, the diamond cholla or branched pencil cholla, a cactus species native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, California, and Northwestern Mexico, and to Baja California and its Islas San Benito

Clarence Syvertson

In 1981, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave desert was merged with Ames and Syvertson assumed management responsibility for both Ames Moffett and Ames Dryden.

Crucifixion thorn

Canotia holacantha, a shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

Castela emoryi, a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

Dan James Pantone

Lane Mountain Milk Vetch (Astragalus jaegerianus) is an endangered plant species endemic to the Mojave Desert in California.

Fairchild T-46

Burt Rutan's Rutan Aircraft Factory (RAF) in Mojave, California was contracted to perform the flight test evaluations, with test pilot Dick Rutan doing the flying.

Fort Mojave Indian Reservation

If the deal is ratified, the Fort Mojave Reservation will be the first to have casinos in three states; the reservation operates the Avi Resort & Casino in Nevada and the Spirit Mountain Casino in Arizona.

Hesperia, California

The District consists of three high schools Hesperia High School, Sultana High School, Oak Hills High School, two continuation high schools Mojave High & Canyon Ridge, three junior high schools Hesperia Jr High, Ranchero Middle School, the newly completed Cedar Middle School, and 14 elementary schools.

KAVS

KTPI-FM, a radio station (97.7 FM) licensed to Mojave, California, United States, which held the call sign KAVS from August 1985 to August 2000

KTPI

KTPI-FM, a radio station (97.7 FM) licensed to Mojave, California, United States

Liocranid sac spider

Two species in the North American genus Neoanagraphis are found in often hyperarid conditions in the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts.

Los Angeles County Flood of 2005

Large amounts of rain also fell in the Mojave Desert, causing the usually dry Mojave River to reach its terminus at Soda Lake and overflow into Silver Lake, which it has rarely reached in recorded history.

Mohave people

Mohave or Mojave (Mojave: 'Aha Makhav) are a Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

Mojave Road

The eastern end of the Mojave Road begins at the edge of the Colorado River north of Needles and the western terminus lies beyond the Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Area and the Afton Canyon Natural Area near the Manix Wash.

The Mojave Road or Mojave Trail is a historic route and present day dirt road across what is now the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in the United States.

Mojave Solar Park

The Mojave Solar Park was a solar thermal power facility contracted to be constructed in the Mojave Desert in California.

Rotary Rocket

To many, the Roton represents the program that launched Mojave into the Space Age, and this theme was echoed during the dedication ceremony that took place during the Veterans' Day celebration on November 11, at which Brian Binnie was the keynote speaker.

Spanish bayonet

Yucca schidigera — Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert regions of Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.

The Ballad of Calico

"Rockin' Chair Theme" is a brief instrumental leading into the next song, "Old Mojave Highway" about the road itself which crossed the desert (now the pathway of Interstate 15).

The Lost Pieces

Next is a piece called “Mojave: At the Tree”, which was recorded at some time between Western Spaces and Desert Solitaire after a visit to Joshua Tree National Park.

The Ruby Suns

Later that year, the band recorded the song "Don't Touch the Dusty Fruit" to the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival, and the song "Oh, Mojave" was used in the Windows Vista commercial for the Mojave Experiment.


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