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Ref : S04383
Theme :
Aviation-NASA aircrafts-Prototypes (1538 images)
Title : NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2
Caption :
A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo includes the X-3 (in front--Air Force serial number 49-2892) then clockwise D-558-1, XF4D-1 (a Navy jet fighter prototype not flown by the NACA), and the first D-558-2 (NACA tail number 143, Navy serial number 37973), which was flown only once by the NACA.
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