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D-558-2 Skyrocket Model Aircraft 1/32 Scale

SKU: KS5582T

The Douglas Skyrocket D-558-2 or D-558-II was a rocket and jet-powered supersonic research aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.

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Wingspan: 18.5"

Length: 9.25"

Scale: 1/32

Code: KS5582T

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.

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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D-558-2 Skyrocket Model Aircraft 1/32 Scale

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