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D-558-1 cockpit instrument panel | ||
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Photo Number: | E49-032 | |
Photo Date: | 1949 | |
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Formats: | 539x480 JPEG Image (134 KBytes) 1150x1024 JPEG Image (560 KBytes) 3000x2670 JPEG Image (3,948 KBytes) |
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Description: |
This 1949 photograph of the D-558-1 cockpit instrumentation panel illustrates the complex array of dials and switches that confronted the research pilot. The instruments included a Mach meter; altimeter; fuel, oil, and oxygen pressure gages; a landing gear indicator; a gage showing the movable horizontal stabilizer's position; and warning lights for the generator and hydraulic pressure. |
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Keywords: | D-558-1; Douglas; D-558-I; Skyrocket; NACA High-Speed Flight Station; High-Speed Flight Research Station; Dryden Flight Research Center; John F. Martin; Westinghouse J-34-40; turbojet engine; LR8-RM-6; 4-chamber Reaction Motors engine; Robert A. Champine; John H. Griffith; William B. Bridgeman; Navy P2B-1S; A. Scott Crossfield; Lt. Col. Marion Carl; Walter C. Williams; Hugh L. Dryden; Herman O. Ankenbruck; Joseph A. Walker; John B. McKay; Walter Jones; Eugene F. May; Stanley Butchart; Edwards Air Force Base; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. |
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