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D-558-2 Skyrocket Airdrop Preparations with P2B-1S Mothership, "Fertile Myrtle"
Navy P2B-1S Mothership Modified for Launching a D-558-2 Skyrocket
Navy P2B-1S Mothership Modified for Launching a D-558-2 Skyrocket
D-558-2 Skyrocket Tail
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket Pilot
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket, First to Reach Mach 2
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Tow Bar
Third D-558-2 Skyrocket on Rocket Servicing Trailer
D-558-2 Skyrocket, Ship Number 2, with Speed Brake Partially Open
D-558-2 Skyrocket Structural Heating Survey Pickips
First D-558-2 Skyrocket on Thrust Measurement Gauges
D-558-2 Skyrocket on the Ground After a Mach One Pass for a Media Demonstration
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Pilot and Automobile
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket Takeoff with JATO Assist
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"Fertile Myrtle" Mothership Prepares to Airdrop a D-558-2 Skyrocket
Although the D-558-2 could take off using its jet engine, this limited the aircraft's altitude and speed. To solve this problem, the D-558-2 was converted to a combined jet and rocket propulsion, and was airdropped from a P2B-1S (the Navy's designation for the specially modified B-29). This drop plane was nicknamed "Fertile Myrtle."
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BI229519
Boeing ID
es81591
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