The NACA's fleet of test aircraft assembled in front of the hangar at the High Speed Flight Station in Edwards, California.
The NACA’s fleet of test aircraft assembled in front of the hangar at the High Speed Flight Station in Edwards, California. The white aircraft in the foreground is a Douglas Aircraft D-558-2 Skyrocket. To its left and right are North American F-86 Sabre chase aircraft. Directly behind the D-558-2 is the P2B-1 Superfortress (the Navy version of the Air Force B-29). Also known as the “mothership,” the P2B-1 carried aloft the D-558-2 Skyrocket under its fuselage.