Rocket Powered Collection

Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. Creator: Unknown
Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics Muroc Flight Test Unit XS-1 Team members and USAF pilots (L-R): Joseph Vensel

Scott Crossfield Mach 2 flight. Creator: Unknown
Scott Crossfield after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953. Naval officer and test pilot Scott Crossfield piloted the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket to Mach 2, or more than 1

Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Creator: NASA
Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1, 1960. Dryden pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight

Scott Crossfield... after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953
Scott Crossfield in the cockpit of the D-558-2 after the first mach 2 flight, USA, November 20, 1953. Naval officer and test pilot Scott Crossfield piloted the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket to Mach 2

Douglas D-558-2, ca. 1950s. Creator: Douglas Aircraft Company
White, US Navy, single-seat, rocket-powered supersonic aircraft. Piloted by A. Scott Crossfield, on November 20, 1953, the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket became the first aircraft to fly faster than Mach

North American X-15, 1959. Creator: North American Aviation Inc
Worlds Fastest Piloted Aircraft. Piloted by Neil Armstrong. Bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight

Lippisch Ente plane, 1928, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Lippisch Ente plane, 1928, (1932). The Ente ( Duck ), the worlds first rocket-powered full-size aircraft, was designed by Alexander Lippisch as a glider

D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. Creator: Unknown
D-558-2 being mounted to P2B 1S launch aircraft, USA, 1953. The Douglas D-558-2 2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being towed under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for the Air Force B-29)

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