Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.-California's record-setting drought is imperiling the very things that brought the Air Force to the remote location where Edwards Air Force Base now sits: Rogers Dry Lake and Rosamond Dry Lake. The big, flat spaces were deemed ideal for testing aircraft as they offered, collectively, 60 miles of marked and maintainied runways. There was no need to "line up" on a runway, only to simply determine which way the wind was blowing and, as 412th Test Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Carl E. Schaefer said, "pick a place to land." The site is used for a variety of test functions, including spin testing of aircraft. Many flying machines-such as the space shuttle-have made dead-stick landings on the surface.
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机译：加利福尼亚州罗杰斯干湖-加利福尼亚州创纪录的干旱正在使将空军带到爱德华兹空军基地现在所在地的偏远地区的原因正在发生：罗杰斯干湖和罗莎蒙德干湖。大而平坦的空间被认为是测试飞机的理想选择，因为它们共同提供了60英里经过标记和维护的跑道。作为第412联队的“测试联队”指挥官布里格，没有必要在跑道上“排队”，只需简单地确定风向。卡尔·谢弗（Carl E. Schaefer）将军说：“选择一块土地。”该站点可用于多种测试功能，包括飞机的旋转测试。许多飞行器（例如航天飞机）在地面上都死定了。
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