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Flight Test Files: Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer – Mastering the High-Speed Sink Rate

• March 01, 2026 •

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Flight Test Files: Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer – Mastering the High-Speed Sink Rate

The Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer evolved from the F4D Skyray into a Mach 1.5 interceptor before becoming a NASA research aircraft flown by Neil Armstrong to simulate X-20 Dyna-Soar abort procedures.

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