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    Douglas X-3 Stiletto is a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft...
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  • Douglas X-3 Stiletto, the American experimental aircraft that first flew in October 1952 and retired in 1956. "X-3 - NASA". Retrieved 2024-02-02. "X-3...
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    instance, the Douglas X-3 Stiletto was equipped with two J34 engines when the intended Westinghouse J46 engine proved to be unsuitable. The Stiletto was developed...
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  • Douglas XTB2D Skypirate (1945) Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) (1923) Douglas X-3 Stiletto (1952) Roc I AAM-N-2 Sparrow I (1948) MIM-4 Nike Ajax (1959) MGM-5...
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    supersonic transport designs.[citation needed] X-planes Douglas X-3 Stiletto Lockheed X-7 North American X-15 Lockheed X-27 project. Military planes Lockheed F-104...
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    (code) aka Excess-3, a binary code also termed Stibitz code XKO X3, an ERP software X3, the mathematical cubic function Douglas X-3 Stiletto, an experimental...
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    Research and Development Gallery alongside other "X-planes", including the Bell X-1B and Douglas X-3 Stiletto. Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB,...
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  • 44-22650 Bell X-1B 48-1385 Bell X-5 50-1838 Bell XV-3 54‐148 Bensen X-25A 68‐10770 Boeing X-45 Convair XF-92A 46-0682 Douglas X-3 Stiletto 49‐2892 Fisher...
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  • drop of a hydrogen bomb. May 23 – Piloted by Joseph A. Walker, the Douglas X-3 Stiletto makes its 51st and final flight. The first two United States Navy...
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    Bell X-1 – Supersonic flight and sound barrier Bell X-2 – Mach 2–3 supersonic flight Douglas X-3 Stiletto – Sustained supersonic flight Northrop X-4 Bantam...
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    general design of the X-7's wing and tail. Experience gained from the Douglas X-3 Stiletto was also used in the design phase of the XF-104. Over 400 surplus...
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    afterburner was an "ON/OFF" unit. J46-WE-2 J46-WE-3 3,980 lbf (18.15 kN) thrust Was to be used the Douglas X-3 Stiletto. Failed to exit testing due to thrust shortfalls...
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    Joseph A. Walker (category X-15 program)
    (three flights), D-558-II #3 (two flights), Douglas X-3 Stiletto (20 flights), Northrop X-4 Bantam (two flights), and Bell X-5 (78 flights).[citation needed]...
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    heat resistance, the Douglas X-3 Stiletto was the first titanium aircraft but it was underpowered and barely supersonic; the Mach 3.2 Lockheed A-12 and...
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  • the "S-19 Stiletto" USS Stiletto (1885), a wooden torpedo boat X-3 Stiletto, experimental jet by Douglas Aircraft Stiletto (1969 film) Stiletto (2008 film)...
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  • in 4 hours 45 minutes. Piloted by test pilot Bill Bridgeman, the Douglas X-3 Stiletto reaches the highest speed it ever achieves, attaining Mach 1.21 in...
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    Real aircraft Bell X-1 Cessna 172 Douglas X-3 Stiletto General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet North...
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  • 2003, p. 50. NASA - X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft, NASA, April 12, 2013, retrieved May 3, 2013 Jenkins, Landis...
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  • Douglas X-3 Stiletto 2892 (unofficial 1-mile (1.6 km) "hop" during high-speed taxi test) October 16 – Sud Aviation Vautour October 20 – Douglas X-3 Stiletto...
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  • ariobatics"[sic] in the credits. The Bell X-2, its Boeing EB-50D mother ship, Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, and Douglas X-3 Stiletto are also featured as the experimental...
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  • Production 180 Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket United States Rocket Experimental 1948 Prototype 3 Dual jet and rocket powerplants, Douglas X-3 Stiletto United States...
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    Mixmaster Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster Douglas DC-8 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Douglas X-3 Stiletto Sky married Virginia Winterstein in Bristol Pennsylvania in 1928...
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  • Two experimental aircraft were also on display: Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket and Douglas X-3 Stiletto. The primary filming location was fictional Millville...
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    Gerald Finzi, 55, British composer ("severe brain inflammation") The Douglas X-3 Stiletto airplane is retired by the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...
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  • Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984, p. 178. Guttman, Jon, "Douglas X-3 Stiletto," Aviation History, November 2016, p. 14. Morison, Samuel Eliot,...
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  • Little, Brown and Company, 1990, pp. 233, 278–279. Guttman, Jon, "Douglas X-3 Stiletto," Aviation History, November 2016, p. 14. Francillon, René J., Japanese...
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  • Guard Aviation: The Growth Years (1939–1956)" (PDF). Guttman, Jon, "Douglas X-3 Stiletto," Aviation History, November 2016, p. 14. Morison, Samuel Eliot,...
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    wing (3+3⁄8 inches or 86 mm at the root), based on the X-3 Stiletto wing profile, enabling the X-1E to exceed Mach 2. A 'knife-edge' windscreen replaced...
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  • (2,600 meters), killing all 21 people on board. October 27 – The Douglas X-3 Stiletto supersonic research aircraft makes its 36th and most significant...
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  • designations § X: Special research. X-1 – Bell (redesignated from S-1) X-2 – Bell (redesignated from S-2) X-3 StilettoDouglas (redesignated from S-3) X-4 Bantam...
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