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D-558-2 Skyrocket

D-558-2 Skyrocket

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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

D-558-2 Skyrocket

Edwards Air Force Base

full body views

historic production status

military livery

propeller planes

research/experimental

right side views

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