Douglas X-3 Stiletto
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douglas-x-3-stiletto-186-3162922
title:
Douglas X-3 Stiletto
text:
The Douglas X-3 Stiletto is a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, 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 mph (3,200 km/h), but it was seriously underpowered for this
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Experimental aircraft to test sustained supersonic flight
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_X-3_Stiletto
date created:
2004-04-01T13:32:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:14:25Z
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