On 15 Sep 2018 10:47:26 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <3kfqpdhann8hvpg0verq7g5dqfkd8t7rrl@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>On 14 Sep 2018 07:37:24 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>>wrote:
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>>Has this actual aircraft been restored and put on display in a museum?
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>http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=d-558-1_skystreak
>
>>Seems as if the skystreak was a little known but significant
>>contributor to aeronautical research.
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>The Skystreak 1 was part of a of three phase program with the Douglas D-558-2
>Skyrocket as phase 2...phase three never happened.
>
>from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_D-558-2_Skyrocket
>
>"The "-2" in the aircraft's designation referred to the fact that the Skyrocket
>was the phase-two version of what had originally been conceived as a three-phase
>program. The phase-one aircraft, the D-558-1, was jet powered and had straight
>wings. The third phase, which never came to fruition, would have involved
>constructing a mock-up of a combat type aircraft embodying the results from the
>testing of the phase one and two aircraft. The eventual D-558-3 design, which
>was never built, was for a hypersonic aircraft similar to the North American
>X-15.[1]
>
>"When it became obvious that the D558-1 fuselage could not be modified to
>accommodate both rocket and jet power, the D558-2 was conceived as an entirely
>different aircraft. A contract change order was issued on 27 January 1947 to
>formally drop the final three D558-1 aircraft and substitute three new D558-2
>aircraft instead.
>
As I am not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, are you saying that
the dilapidated aircraft in the field has been restored and is the
aircraft displayed in the museum?
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