MAKE A MEME View Large Image XF4D-1 cockpit NAN2-53.jpg A picture of the cockpit of a Douglas airplane in the early 1950s Due to the visible SKYR the plane must be either the D-558-II Skyrocket or a XF4D-1 Skyray prototype The visible parts and the type of lettering ...
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Keywords: XF4D-1 cockpit NAN2-53.jpg A picture of the cockpit of a Douglas airplane in the early 1950s Due to the visible SKYR the plane must be either the D-558-II Skyrocket or a XF4D-1 Skyray prototype The visible parts and the type of lettering points more toward the D-558-II Skyrocket U S Navy Naval Aviation News February 1953 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1953/Feb53 pdf early 1950s USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy ImageNote 1 112 92 8 8 448 336 2 This is indeed the Douglas Skyrocket NOT a Skyray The XF4D and all other Rays had a front windshield that was a 3-piece glass unit and it was firmly attached to the airframe so it did NOT raise with the canopy The Skyrocket did Further the Ray used a stick not the wheel shown here which was unique to the D-558 ImageNoteEnd 1 Douglas D-558-II Cockpits of experimental aircraft of the United States Douglas D-558-II
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