THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE
FIRST TO MACH 2: A LOOK AT THE DOUGLAS D-558 SKYROCKET...
Using both turbojet and rocket propulsion, the Douglas D-558 Skystreak and Skyrocket research aircraft set a series of speed and altitude milestones in the years after World War II, culminating in the first flight beyond Mach 2.
SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.