Ref: SPE48115
Created: 12/04/2011
DOUGLAS D-558-I SKYSTREAK "NACA"
Description: The United States Douglas Skystreak (D-558-1 or D-558-I) was a single-engine jet research aircraft of the 1940s. It was designed in 1945 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in conjunction with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The Skystreaks were turbojet-powered aircraft that took off from the ground under their own power and had unswept flying surfaces.
Ref: SPE48119
Created: 12/04/2011
NORTH AMERICAN T-2 BUCKEYE "RED AND WHITE TRAINER"
Description: The North American T-2 Buckeye was the United States Navy’s intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce Student Naval Aviators to jets. It entered initial service in 1959, and was replaced by the T-45 Goshawk in 2008.