https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b4b794ea-4d76-48a6-bdf7-62d77c72f9a5 This 35-second video from the early 1950's shows pilot Scott Crossfield climbing into the cockpit of a Douglas D-558-II and performing a test flight after launching the aircraft from the B-29 mothership. The test was performed at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station (now the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center) in California's Mojave Desert. To learn more about the D-558-II Skyrocket visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-035-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/E_Js62_wjhM Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:45:51 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b4b794ea-4d76-48a6-bdf7-62d77c72f9a5 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.