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High speed run with Jaguar.
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Close-up of grooved runway -- pan up to wide shot of runway.
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Water sprinkler system is turned on to provide a wet track.
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Close-up of cars and trucks showing signs on doors.
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Various cars making runs on water drenched runway.
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Car makes high speed stop.
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NASA vehicle makes high speed stop.
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Car makes high speed stop from opposite direction.
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Big wagon makes high speed stop.
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View from back seat of convertible giving divers eyeview at high speed. CU of driver shifting gears. CU of speedometer.
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High speed stop on special pavement.
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Close-up of skid mark on grooved runway.
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High speed stop on regular pavement, showing car skidding.
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Long shot of all cars lined up on runway.
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Background: Runway friction measuring vehicles are being used in a month-long test at Wallops Island, Va. in a program to devise a standard procedure for predicting the performance of aircraft brakes. Engineers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are testing twenty-five devices to measure runway friction under different weather and runway surface conditions. These measurements will be sued to establish a system for runway length requirements to bring a landing airplane to a safe stop. The tests were conducted jointly with the British Ministry of Technology. The Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Air Force and tire and automobile manufacturers also participated. State highway departments participated in the tests to gather information on a variety of pavement surface conditions. Tests results may have an application in the design of highway surfaces with improved traction for highway safety. Tests were performed on the Landing Research Runway under dry, damp, water-flooded and slush-covered conditions as well as the grooved runway which NASA has designed for airport runways.