Skyrocket designed for sonic speeds features sweptback wing; for take-off and subsonic flight, craft contains 3000-lb thrust Westinghouse 24C axial flow turbojet engine mounted in fuselage belly below wing; 6000-lb thrust Reaction Motors 4-barrel rocket engine is mounted in extreme tail; span 25 ft; length 45 ft 3 in.; height 11 ft 6 in.; gross weight 15,000 lb.


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    Title :

    Douglas unveils its new research plane


    Additional title:

    Aviation Week


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aviation Week ; 47 , n 20


    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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