GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse

The GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse near Knolls in Tooele County, Utah dates from 1946. It is a work of the Boeing Airplane Co. Facilities Dept.

GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse
GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse is located in Utah
GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse
GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse is located in the United States
GAPA Launch Site and Blockhouse
Nearest cityKnolls, Utah
Coordinates40°49′40″N 113°12′4″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1946
Built byBoeing Airplane Co. Facilities Dept.
NRHP reference No.80003972[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included one contributing structure and one contributing site.[1]

It is significant as the first launch site for the Ground-to-Air Pilotless Aircraft (GAPA) program of the U.S. Air Force, which was a supersonic guided missile system that preceded the Bomarc air defense missile.

According to its NRHP nomination, the site was "the birthplace of the United States Air Force supersonic missile flight test program."[2]

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