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Subject: Re: Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak pics [9/9] - Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak
Date: 15 Sep 2018 11:46:42 -0700
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In article <qcjqpdt6259v62i5vfl6uebah34v9k6ptr@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 15 Sep 2018 10:47:26 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>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
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>>>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.
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>>from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_D-558-2_Skyrocket
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>>"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]
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>>"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.
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>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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Guess so...the museum only says "The D-558-1 Skystreak on display, Bureau Number
37970, set a speed record of 641 mph at Edwards Air Force Base on 20 August
1947"
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