A group picture of Douglas airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA.
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A group picture of Douglas Aircraft Company airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA. The photo includes the X-3 (in front-Air Force serial number 49-2892) then clockwise D-558-I, XF4D-1 (a Navy jet fighter prototype not flown by the NACA), and the first D-558-II (NACA tail number 143, Navy serial number 37973), which was flown only once by the NACA.April 16, 1954NACA/NASA Photo› X-3 Project Description