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D-558-2 Skyrocket Pilot
Third D-558-2 Skyrocket on Rocket Servicing Trailer
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket Tail
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Tow Bar
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket, First to Reach Mach 2
First D-558-2 Skyrocket on Thrust Measurement Gauges
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket Structural Heating Survey Pickips
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Pilot and Automobile
D-558-2 Skyrocket Takeoff with JATO Assist
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Yaw and Pitch Sensing Vanes on its Instrumentation Boom
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket on Tarmac
D-558-2 Skyrocket, Ship Number 2, with Speed Brake Partially Open
D-558-2 Skyrocket on Tarmac
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D-558-2 Skyrocket on the Ground After a Mach One Pass for a Media Demonstration
With Douglas test pilot Gene May at the controls, the first Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket performed a media demonstration at Muroc (now Edwards AFB). During May's second of two passes in front of the media, he lit all four cylinders of the rocket engine. It was said that he exceeded the sound barrier, startling the crowd with the noise and acceleration. This was the plane's 69th flight, and after this thrilling demonstration, May retired from test flying.
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Unique identifier
BI229487
Boeing ID
912-2-21
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2968px × 2353px 6MB
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1940s
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D-558-2 Skyrocket
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