THE WORLD’S FASTEST PLANE—The United States Navy s turbo-jet propelled Douglas Skystreak, which has broken its own world speed record by flying over a measured course at Muroc, California, at an average speed of 650.6 miles an hour. This photograph shows the plane flying low in a practice run on August 18, two days before establishing its first’record with a speed of 640.7 miles an hour.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 7
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66THE WORLD’S FASTEST PLANE—The United States Navy s turbo-jet propelled Douglas Skystreak, which has broken its own world speed record by flying over a measured course at Muroc, California, at an average speed of 650.6 miles an hour. This photograph shows the plane flying low in a practice run on August 18, two days before establishing its first’record with a speed of 640.7 miles an hour. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 7
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