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...
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The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (or D-558-II) is a rocket and jet-powered research supersonic aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United...
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canceled) Douglas C-133 Cargomaster (1956) Douglas Cloudster (1921) Douglas Cloudster II (1947) Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak (1947) Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket...
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August 1947 (section August 1, 1947 (Friday))
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...
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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...
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Douglas DC-3 N44V (Piedmont Airlines markings) – Former C-47[failed verification] Douglas A-26C Invader Serial 44-35752 – (Storage) Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak...
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Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster Fiat G.80 (proposal only) Hughes XH-17 (experimental helicopter) Martin XB-48 North American FJ-1 Fury...
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April 1947 (section April 1, 1947 (Tuesday))
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...
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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...
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List of aerospace engineers (section D)
NACA and NASA administrator Apollo M. O. Smith (1911–1997) – Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, F3D, and F4D designer, pioneer in computational fluid dynamics...
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R6D/C-118 Liftmaster Douglas Dolphin Douglas F3D Skyknight Douglas F4D Skyray Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak Douglas JD Invader Douglas SBD Dauntless (Underwater...
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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...
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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...
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2002. ISBN 978-1-56347-576-4. "CV-7 / C-8A Buffalo / DHC-5." GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved: September 13, 2009. Shovlin, Michael D. and John A. Cochrane...
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(1946). U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946. Francillon, René (1988). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920. Vol. I. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press...
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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...
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aerodynamic design of the D-558-I Skystreak, which for a period held the world speed record. He was also responsible for the design of the F3D-1 Skynight. At the...
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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...
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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 cockpit windows...
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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 Fairchild...
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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 Montevideo...
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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...
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List of aircraft (Df-Dz) (section Douglas)
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...
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