Inventor Name
Douglass D-558 Drawings
Repository
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Division
Room 3100, MRC 322
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-2320
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/
Physical Description
8.2 cubic ft.
Summary
The Douglass D-558 series aircraft were high-speed research aircraft designed by Douglass Aircraft for the United States Navy and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for flight testing at Munroc Dry Lake, California. The collection contains engineering drawings for the Douglas D-58-1 Skystreak and D-558-2 Skyrocket. Component and assembly, and engineering changes.
