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Douglas F-5D Skylancer
- Reg: 802 photos
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- Airline: United States - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Photo Date: Aug 20, 2014
- Uploaded: Oct 13, 2014
- Other Location - Wapakoneta, Ohio - Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum, USA - Ohio
Douglas F-5D Skylancer, sole survivor of four constructed. (Though I've heard rumors there may be another in very rough shape in a museum in Washington state.) It was flown by future astronaut (and future Moon-walker) Neil A. Armstrong from September 1960 through September 1962 to simulate the flight characteristics of the space vehicle planned for use in Project Dyna-Soar. The Dyna-Soar (X-20) project was cancelled before any spacecraft were built, but it was planned for launch atop a rocket and return from space as a winged aircraft gliding to a conventional runway landing. Much like the Space Shuttle that followed two decades later. The X-20 program was cancelled (and therefore the F-5D program as well) by President Kennedy when he placed all manned space exploration under the auspices of NASA, since the X-20 project was an US Air Force endeavor.
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Douglas F-5D Skylancer, sole survivor of four constructed. (Though I've heard rumors there may be another in very rough shape in a museum in Washington state.) It was flown by future astronaut (and future Moon-walker) Neil A. Armstrong from September 1960 through September 1962 to simulate the flight characteristics of the space vehicle planned for use in Project Dyna-Soar. The Dyna-Soar (X-20) project was cancelled before any spacecraft were built, but it was planned for launch atop a rocket and return from space as a winged aircraft gliding to a conventional runway landing. Much like the Space Shuttle that followed two decades later. The X-20 program was cancelled (and therefore the F-5D program as well) by President Kennedy when he placed all manned space exploration under the auspices of NASA, since the X-20 project was an US Air Force endeavor.Camera
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- Reg: 802 photos
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Douglas F-5D Skylancer
- Airline: United States - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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