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D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreaks on Static Display
D-558-1 Skystreak 2 in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
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 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558-1 Skystreak #1 is Towed out of its Construction Hangar
D-558-1 Skystreak on the Ground
D-558 Skystreak on Tarmac
D-558-1 Skystreak Static Thrust Engine Test
D-558-1 Skystreak Battery Compartment
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship #2 Jettisonable Nose Section
First D-558-1 Skystreak in Assembly
Nose Landing Gear on D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number One
D-558 Skystreak on Tarmac
D-558-1 Skystreak Ship Number 1in Assembly
D-558-1 Skystreak Pilot
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D-558-1 Skystreak on Static Display
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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Boeing ID
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