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Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County , but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County .
ALT-16 comes to an end as Enterprise lands on runway 04 at Edwards AFB. Edwards Air Force Base in California was the site of the first Space Shuttle landing and became a backup site to the prime landing location, the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Edwards Air Force Base C United States 34°57′26″N 117°50′34″W / 34.95722°N 117.84278°W / 34.95722; -117.84278 ( Edwards Air Force Base, runway
Rogers Dry Lake is located in the Antelope Valley, about 100 miles (160 km) drive north of Los Angeles.It covers an area of about 65 square miles (170 km 2) at the low point of the valley, forming a rough figure eight.
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Runway dimensions vary from as small as 245 m (804 ft) long and 8 m (26 ft) wide in smaller general aviation airports, to 5,500 m (18,045 ft) long and 80 m (262 ft) wide at large international airports built to accommodate the largest jets, to the huge 11,917 m × 274 m (39,098 ft × 899 ft) lake bed runway 17/35 at Edwards Air Force Base in ...
Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 16:33:49 EST on December 3, 1985, after 6 days, 21 hours, 4 minutes, and 49 seconds in orbit. STS-61-B marked the quickest turnaround of a Shuttle orbiter from launch to launch in history – just 54 days elapsed between Atlantis ' launch on STS-51-J and launch on STS-61-B.
Pilot's view of Edwards Air Force Base, showing the main base area, located beside Rogers Dry Lake. The Happy Bottom Riding Club (1935–1953), was a dude ranch, restaurant, and hotel operated by aviator Florence "Pancho" Barnes near Edwards Air Force Base in the Antelope Valley of California's Mojave Desert.