D-558-II SkyrocketScott Crossfield talks to newsmen in front of NACA South Base hangar after his first flight to Mach 2 in...Viewed in this 1955 photograph is the NACA High Speed Flight Station D-558-II #2 (144) Skyrocket, an all-rocket powered vehicle....High-Speed Research Station Director Walter C. Williams, NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield, and Director of Flight Operations Joe Vensel in...This 1953 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph shows the wing chord extensions added to D-558-II #3. The added width...Viewed in this 1954 photograph is the NACA High Speed Flight Research Station's D-558-II #2 (144), an all rocket powered...D-558-II Skyrocket take off using JATO assist.This 1954 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-2 under the P2B-1S (Navy designation for a B-29) launch aircraft. The P2B-1S has...Scott Crossfield in the cockpit of the Douglas D-558-II after the first Mach 2 flight.Left side view of D-558-II Skyrocket on ramp at South Base in 1949.This 1953 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph shows the Douglas D-558-II #2 Skyrocket (NACA 144), prior to flight, being...NACA pilot A. Scott Crossfield next to the D-558-II after first Mach 2 flight.In this 1956 photograph the Douglas D-558-II #1 is shown venting liquid oxigen (LOX).This 1950s photograph shows the Douglas D-558-II and the North American F-86 Sabre chase aircraft in-flight. Both aircraft display early...In this 1949 photograph a D-558-II is being towed across Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.This 1949 photograph shows a Douglas D-558-II undergoing pre-flight operations on Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.D-558-II #145 with external stores.D558-2 #143 LOX jettison with P2BS in background