Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
Total Fuel Capacity
946.3529
Pictures
No pictures yet for this family.
Aircraft Weight Variants
Similar airplanes
All data (19 fields)
- Name
- Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
- Manufacturer
- Douglas Aircraft Corporation
- Description
- 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 States Navy.
- First Flight
- 1948-02-04
- Designer
- Douglas Aircraft Corporation
- Type
- Experimental high-speed research aircraft
- Length (m)
- 12.8016
- Height (m)
- 3.6576
- Cockpit Crew
- 1
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 941.4662
- Min Speed (km/h)
- 257.495
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 113.792
- Number Built
- 3
- Powerplant Description
- 1 × Westinghouse J34-WE-40 turbojet engine
- Primary Users
- United States Navy
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_D-558-2_Skyrocket
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 7.62
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 16.258
- Number of Engines
- 1