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D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight 
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight
D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Tail
D-558-2 Skyrocket Tail 
Third D-558-2 Skyrocket on Rocket Servicing Trailer
Third D-558-2 Skyrocket on Rocket Servicing Trailer 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Pilot
D-558-2 Skyrocket Pilot 
D-558-2 Skyrocket, Ship Number 2, with Speed Brake Partially Open
D-558-2 Skyrocket, Ship Number 2, with Speed Brake Partially Open 
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Pilot and Automobile
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Pilot and Automobile 
D-558-2 Skyrocket, First to Reach Mach 2
D-558-2 Skyrocket, First to Reach Mach 2 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Takeoff with JATO Assist
D-558-2 Skyrocket Takeoff with JATO Assist 
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Tow Bar
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Tow Bar 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Structural Heating Survey Pickips
D-558-2 Skyrocket Structural Heating Survey Pickips 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels
D-558-2 Skyrocket Main Landing Gear and Wheels 
"Fertile Myrtle" Mothership Prepares to Airdrop a D-558-2 Skyrocket
"Fertile Myrtle" Mothership Prepares to Airdrop a D-558-2 Skyrocket 
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed 
First D-558-2 Skyrocket on Thrust Measurement Gauges
First D-558-2 Skyrocket on Thrust Measurement Gauges 
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed
D-558-2 Skyrocket #1 with Left Landing Gear Collapsed 
D-558-2 Skyrocket on the Ground After a Mach One Pass for a Media Demonstration
D-558-2 Skyrocket on the Ground After a Mach One Pass for a Media Demonstration 
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Yaw and Pitch Sensing Vanes on its Instrumentation Boom
D-558-2 Skyrocket with Yaw and Pitch Sensing Vanes on its Instrumentation Boom 
D-558-2 Skyrocket Airdrop Preparations with P2B-1S Mothership, "Fertile Myrtle"
D-558-2 Skyrocket Airdrop Preparations with P2B-1S Mothership, "Fertile Myrtle" 
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D-558-2 Skyrocket in Flight

The D-558-1 Skystreak and the D-558-2 Skyrocket were 1947-48 experimental aircraft, which first nudged, then penetrated the sonic barrier. The jet-powered Skystreak reached 651 mph; the jet-and-rocket-powered Skyrocket was flown at 1,327 mph (Mach 2.01).
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Unique identifier BI229479 
Boeing ID 82-2-1 
Type Image 
Size 2851px × 2262px   6MB 
License type RM 
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