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Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket Test Flight
The D558 program was conceived as a joint U.S. Navy/NACA research program for transonic and supersonic flight.
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, engineers and scientists at the Douglas Aircraft Co. researched supersonic aircraft. These experimental aircraft included the D-558-1 Skystreak, the D-558-2 Skyrocket, and the X-3 Stiletto.
The Skyrocket was the first Douglas plane to exceed the speed of sound and was the first aircraft ever to exceed Mach 2.
The Skyrocket program produced 3 aircraft and a total of 313 test flights between February 1948 and August 1956.
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Unique identifier
BI46771
Boeing ID
BIV16_D-558-2_01
Type
Video
Duration
25s
Size
720px × 480px 9MB
License type
RM
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