European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Fastest Man on land still holds record after 10 years by Ronnie a staff Wrils 3 col John Slipp today it Hill in sequence 116 Hiowt terrific form that Slapp experienced Dur ing 632 rocket lied a decade col John Paul Slapp flashed across the new mex Ico desert and became known As the fastest Man on he u a grading air Furre sri with an indoor Llu he still has a cd car claim on the Speed his famous ride on a rocketto world sled took place at Holoman air Force he roared Down a track for 9 seconds and Hen came to a tortuous Stop in ills top Speed was 691 Miles per no Man has Ever travelled faster across Stapp docs not like the daredevil Fla Vor of the fastest Man on Earth he Points out that the primary object of the test was to determine what effect a sudden Stop at supersonic Speed would have on the human the sudden fit no blinded Stapp for a few seconds otherwise he emerged in Rigod after five Dayi in the hos the Only aftereffects were Black eyes caused by the sudden surge of blood to his Stapp is engaged in the nations space program As Deputy chief scientist for the air Force school of aerospace Medicine at Brooks he also is a crusader for automotive safety specifically Tor the use of seat during his rocket powered he was held firmly in the open lied by he is convinced they an a vital safety Factor in any Type of sudden Stapp also has ideas for the rearrange ment of passenger seats in Ive put on an extensive Campaign to get seats turned around in but have met with Little Success except in a Stocky Man with a re ceding Stapp looks Back on his stress Experiment i with Lau fac i started out just assigned to the project not knowing what i was get Ting he but when i reared the possibilities and implications of the it was a although there was a certain amount of i Felt that since i was the project id make the first sled we hoped it would the first at Edwards air Force went off at m much an the rides gradually got reaching a Climax at Holloman in on March Stapp hit a Speed of 421 on Soi and 6tt reliving the experience while watch ing it on film in his Stapp smiled find there wan a depression resignation then an elation when it was there was always a certain amount of  showed Bow Stapp Wai strapped How the rocket were in and How the course was set up so the sled would Idam to a halt in impounded then the sled was shown flashing Down the producing a Cloud of boiling dust and Stapps face could be seen stretched All out of pro portion by the great Force a Wai in Cothern came a sudden Jolt Stapp plunged it was the Pioneer research on deceleration and acceleration lasted from 1m to Impact testing still is being but not in the same the air Force is using a compress Dalr system that civil Pults a sled on a Short track Ana stuns it slumps ordeals on the rocket sleds helped in determining the strap or rant Emonts for astronauts in Mercury and he has been involved in 149 related experiments in proposed Apollo Moon Mission the ejection systems for supersonic nor Craft were designed from data to helped the Nikont important thing the sled projects supp was that Man can Lull Rule a great Deal of mechanical Striss Man is not so delicate As once was this concept has made it to consider manned space this was tort oui in new Mexico that Mode Stopp the la Slot Man on the stars and stripes december 1964 11