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D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground 
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground 
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground 
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground 
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display 
D-558-1 Skystreak on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreak on Static Display 
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display 
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship #2 Jettisonable Nose Section
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship #2 Jettisonable Nose Section 
Nose Landing Gear on D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number One
Nose Landing Gear on D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number One 
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 in Assembly 
D-558-1 Skystreak Battery Compartment
D-558-1 Skystreak Battery Compartment 
First D-558-1 Skystreak in Assembly
First D-558-1 Skystreak in Assembly 
D-558-1 Skystreak #1 is Towed out of its Construction Hangar
D-558-1 Skystreak #1 is Towed out of its Construction Hangar 
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number 1in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number 1in Assembly 
D-558-1 Skystreak Static Thrust Engine Test
D-558-1 Skystreak Static Thrust Engine Test 
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 Fuselage Sections Awaiting Final Body Join
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 Fuselage Sections Awaiting Final Body Join 
D-558-1 Skystreaks, Ship #1 in Rear and Static Fuselage in Front
D-558-1 Skystreaks, Ship #1 in Rear and Static Fuselage in Front 
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot 
D-558-2 Skyrocket on Tarmac
D-558-2 Skyrocket on Tarmac 
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot 
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D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground

The D-558-1 was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company at its El Segundo (California) Division in the 1940s. The basic design philosophy was to build the smallest plane around the most powerful turbine engine available. To mitigate as much risk as possible, the team kept the design simple, using a conventional straight wing rather than the then new, and mostly unproven swept wing. The 5,000-lb.-thrust (22-kilonewton) Allison J35-A-11 engine filled the fuselage, leaving just enough room to house instrumentation and a pilot in a cramped cockpit. Because of the lack of knowledge about the survivability of a high-altitude, highspeed bailout, Douglas engineers designed a jettisonable nose section that could protect the pilot until a safe bailout speed was reached. 
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Unique identifier BI229469 
Boeing ID 72-1-21 
Type Image 
Size 2836px × 2151px   5MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1940s
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