Naval Air Development Center | East Coast Recording Company

Johnsville Naval Air Development Center

An Extraordinary History

East Coast Recording Company is located at the former site of the Johnsville Naval Air Development Center (NADC) and human centrifuge in Warminster, PA. The ECR staff and everyone who enters the building are excited about its extraordinary heritage.

This page is a compilation of historic information and news about a proposed museum in planning at the location. This page will be casually updated as new information becomes available.

Historical Resources

"The G Machine" an article by Mark Wolverton from Air & Space Magazine: Author Mark Wolverton paints an incredible picture of what it was like to ride in the Johnsville centrifuge including accounts by people who worked at the facility during its use. Visit website...
NAWC/NADC Warminster Historical Information: This website contains terrific pictures, articles, first hand accounts and other historical information about Brewster, NADC and NAWC. Visit website...
Mercury astronauts at the NADC Centrifuge: The NADC Centrifuge was used extensively for astronaut testing during the Mercury and Gemini space programs. This website contains information and pictures about the astronauts that trained for the mission at NADC. Visit website...
TIME Magazine article from 1946 announces "Human Centrifuge": Fascinating reprint of an article from TIME magazine from the mid 1940's that, almost comically, refers to the then newly-proposed human centrifuge as a "torture chamber" and the pilots that will ride the machine as "human guinea pigs." Visit website...