Stiletto by AliceFromLake
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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Its primary mission was to investigate the design features of an aircraft suitable for sustained supersonic speeds, which included the first use of titanium in major airframe components. Douglas designed the X-3 with the goal of a maximum speed of approximately 2,000 m.p.h, but it was, however, seriously underpowered for this purpose and could not even exceed Mach 1 in level flight. Although the research aircraft was a disappointment, Lockheed designers used data from the X-3 tests for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which used a similar trapezoidal wing design in a successful Mach number 2 fighter. (From Wikipedia)
Test Pilot from Max Grueter in Google Warehouse
Comments (6)
g1tip
Excellent work !!!
steelrazer
Totally cool! I always liked this exotic jet. I built a Revell model of it when I was a kid. Stiletto is a great name for it as well...must have been pretty nervous to get into that thing and think it could fly....Great work on this.
ArtistKimberly
Outstanding,
Kratoonz
Great scene
beas62
Very, very cool image!
Greywolf44
My favorite "X" plane from the 50s. It would have been great to include this in the movie "The Right Stuff"!!! I like your presentation out on the desert with the vintage car. Goooooood job.