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D-558-2 Skyrocket Pilot
D-558-2 Skyrocket Structural Heating Survey Pickips
D-558-2 Skyrocket Tail
D-558-1 Skystreak Static Thrust Engine Test
D-558-2 Skyrocket, First to Reach Mach 2
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot Gene May
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
Third D-558-2 Skyrocket on Rocket Servicing Trailer
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Yaw and Pitch Sensing Vanes on its Instrumentation Boom
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Tow Bar
D-558 Skystreak on Tarmac
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot Gene May
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket Takeoff with JATO Assist
D-558-2 Skyrocket on the Ground After a Mach One Pass for a Media Demonstration
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Pilot and Automobile
D-558-1 Skystreak with Pilot Gene May
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First D-558-2 Skyrocket on Thrust Measurement Gauges
The D-558-1 Skystreak and the D-558-2 Skyrocket were 1947-48 experimental aircraft, which first nudged, then penetrated the sonic barrier. The jet-powered Skystreak reached 651 mph; the jet-and-rocket-powered Skyrocket was flown at 1,327 mph (Mach 2.01).
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Unique identifier
BI229591
Boeing ID
sm96068
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Size
2779px × 2142px 5MB
License type
RM
Keywords
1940s
airplanes
day
exteriors
full body views
ground shots
high-tech / advanced
historic production status
jets
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
photos
rear views
research/experimental
right rear views
rocket planes
rockets
scanned from film negative
stairs, lifts and ladders
sunshine
tarmac
testing
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