D-558-II Launching from B-29 With Pilot Scott Crossfield

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Published 2017-07-17
This 35-second video from the early 1950's shows pilot Scott Crossfield climbing into the cockpit of a Douglas D-558-II and performing a test flight after launching the aircraft from the B-29 mothership.

The test was performed at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station (now the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center) in California's Mojave Desert.

To learn more about the D-558-II Skyrocket visit:
www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-…
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