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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 Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks, Ship #1 in Rear and Static Fuselage in Front
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 Fuselage Sections Awaiting Final Body Join
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number 1in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak Battery Compartment
First D-558-1 Skystreak in Assembly
Nose Landing Gear on D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number One
D-558-1 Skystreak #1 is Towed out of its Construction Hangar
D-558-1 Skystreak Static Thrust Engine Test
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship #2 Jettisonable Nose Section
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot
D-558-1 Skystreak Landing
D-558 Skystreak on Tarmac
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D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
On August 25, 1947, with World War II Marine Corps ace Marion Carl at the controls, the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak research aircraft took the official world speed record at 650.7 mph. Carl flew the Skystreak, painted a brilliant red and nicknamed the "Crimson Test Tube," at 1,310 feet over a 3-kilometer, closed-circuit course at Roger’s Dry Lake near Muroc, California. The Skystreak was built for the U.S. Navy to explore the problems faced by aircraft flying in the transonic region approaching the speed of sound.
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BI229455
Boeing ID
72-1-1
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