At the end of the 1950s the idea of the pure rocket fighter was dead and the role envisaged for a mixed jet/rocket interceptor already very limited. However, as far as American designers of research aircraft were concerned, the evolution of supersonic extreme-altitude rocket aircraft had barely started. After the successful X-1 and X-2 series and the D-558-2 Skyrocket, the next step was a rocket plane that could surpass all of its predecessors in terms of speed and altitude.
Rocket plane spaceflight
Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)
2012-05-16
59 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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