Aircraft Photo of NACA 892 | Douglas X-3 Stiletto | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NACA 892
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas X-3 Stiletto
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas X-3 Stiletto
Aircraft Version:	Douglas X-3 Stiletto
C/n (msn):	43189
Operator Titles:	NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Location
Location:	In Flight
Region / Country:	California, United States

Photo Date:	August 1954 to May 1956
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	660857

Photo Comment
The X-3 was designed for sustained Mach 2 flight, but could not even reach Mach 1. It did not have the intended engines. Its take-off speed was certainly high - 480 km/h (300 mph). Only the first of two examples, 49-2892, was completed and flown, for the first time in October 1952. The aircraft was handed over to NACA in August 1954, becoming NACA 892. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life This photo was added on 29 February 2024, and has since been viewed 296 times.

Photo Comment

The X-3 was designed for sustained Mach 2 flight, but could not even reach Mach 1. It did not have the intended engines. Its take-off speed was certainly high - 480 km/h (300 mph). Only the first of two examples, 49-2892, was completed and flown, for the first time in October 1952. The aircraft was handed over to NACA in August 1954, becoming NACA 892. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life

This photo was added on 29 February 2024, and has since been viewed 296 times.

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