The Douglas Skystreak (D-558-1 or D-558-I) was an American single-engine jet research aircraft of the 1940s. It was designed in 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft...

2 lb/sq ft (440 kg/m2) rocket engine only Related development Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell X-2 Related...

Skyknight night fighter F4D Skyray carrier-based fighter aircraft Douglas Skystreak and Douglas Skyrocket research aircraft One of the first aircraft to be...

canceled) Douglas C-133 Cargomaster (1956) Douglas Cloudster (1921) Douglas Cloudster II (1947) Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak (1947) Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket...

D-558 may refer to one of two experimental research aircraft: Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket This disambiguation page lists articles...

miles per hour (1,031.178 km/h) while flying the turbojet-powered Douglas Skystreak D-558-1 No. 1. F-80C 47-0205 (FAU213) – Museo de la aeronautica in...

Bell X-1 (nine flights), X-4 Bantam (three flights), Douglas Skystreak (fifteen flights), and Douglas Skyrocket (nine flights). On May 26, 1950, he piloted...

Invader Serial 44-35752 – (Storage) Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak BuNo 37972 – This was third Skystreak of three, last flown by Scott Crossfield[failed verification][failed...

which achieved 623.8 MPH on June 9, 1947. The second was a Navy D-558 Douglas Skystreak, which achieved 650.6 MPH on Aug 25th, 1947. In 1951 with a government...

airline of Panama, begins flight operations. August 20 – Flying the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, U.S. Navy Commander Turner F. Caldwell sets a new world air speed...

Rare aircraft in the collection include one of only two surviving Douglas D-558 Skystreak aircraft and the second (and oldest surviving) U.S.-built Harrier...

and remains "unbroken" until officially exceeded by the American Douglas Skystreak in August 1947. October 6 – During the first week of Operation Typhoon...

the unofficial October 1941 record of the Me 163A V4 was the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, which achieved 1,032 km/h (641 mph) in August 1947. The July...

R6D/C-118 Liftmaster Douglas Dolphin Douglas F3D Skyknight Douglas F4D Skyray Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Douglas JD Invader Douglas SBD Dauntless (Underwater...

Hughes XH-17. Bell X-5 Boeing XB-47 Stratojet Convair XB-46 Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster Fiat G.80 (proposal only) Hughes XH-17 (experimental...

flew were the Douglas D-558-I Skystreak #3 (14 flights), Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket #2 (three flights), D-558-II #3 (two flights), Douglas X-3 Stiletto...

He was responsible for the detailed aerodynamic design of the D-558-I Skystreak, which for a period held the world speed record. He was also responsible...

half-barrel wings Doak VZ-4 1958 – Tilt-fan VTOL Douglas D-558-I Skystreak 1947 – Supersonic research Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket 1948 – Supersonic research...

squadron. In 1947, Carl was one of two pilots selected to fly the Douglas D-558/I Skystreak in record-setting speed attempts. That August, he was recorded...

Born: Roger De Vlaeminck, racing cyclist, in Eeklo, Belgium A Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak set a new air speed record of 650.6 miles per hour at the U.S...

test at Edwards, including the X-1, XF-92, X-4, X-5, Douglas D-558-I Skystreak, and the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket. During one of his X-1 flights, the...

Douglas D-511 DC-5-511, C-110 Douglas D-518 DC-5-518 Douglas D-537 cargo freighter version of DC-4 Douglas D-557 A2D Skyshark Douglas D-558 Skystreak...

Fort Richardson here in less than 30 minutes." 3 May The second Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak (BuNo 37971, NACA 141) crashed on takeoff on its 20th flight for...

1966-1969 Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Retired Armstrong Flight Research Center National Museum of Naval Aviation (#1), Carolinas Aviation Museum (#3) Douglas D-558-2...

plane at some 624.2 mph; itself first exceeded by the American Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak in August 1947, using basically the same Allison J35 turbojet...

(1946). U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946. Francillon, René (1988). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920. Vol. I. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press...

NACA and NASA administrator Apollo M. O. Smith (1911–1997) – Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, F3D, and F4D designer, pioneer in computational fluid dynamics...

Chassagne, 65, French submariner, aviator and race car driver The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak had its first flight. The United States Court of Appeals for the...