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- The Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket was an early transonic research aircraft that made aviation history by becoming the first to fly twice the speed of sound. - Three Skyrockets gathered data on characteristics of swept-wing aircraft at transonic and supersonic speeds, helping solve the pitch-up problem in these aircraft. - The Skyrockets flew a total of 313 times between 1948-1956, gathering aeronautics data for NASA and its predecessor organizations.

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