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List of X-3 flights

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Following is a list of flights of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto, the American experimental aircraft that first flew in October 1952 and retired in 1956.

X-3 pilots

PilotAgencyFlightsAircraft
title=X-3 - NASAurl=https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/x-3/access-date=2024-02-02language=en-US}}Douglas Aircraft2649-2892
Frank EverestUSAF-NACA349-2892
Joseph WalkerNACA2049-2892
Chuck YeagerUSAF-NACA349-2892

X-3 flights

Vehicle
Flight #DatePilotAircraftAgencyVelocity
-Mach-Altitude
- m -Comments
X-3 #0October 15, 1952Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 0??Scheduled taxi test. Became airborne for 1-mile.
X-3 #1last=Newsfirst=Aerotechdate=2021-07-18title=Douglas X-3 Stiletto accomplished much, but not what was originally plannedurl=https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2021/07/18/douglas-x-3-stiletto-accomplished-much-but-not-what-was-originally-planned/access-date=2024-02-02website=Aerotech News & Reviewlanguage=en-US}}Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 1??First "Official" flight. Flew 20-minutes.
X-3 #2?, 1952Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 2??-
X-3 #3?, 1952Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 3??-
X-3 #4?, 1952Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 4??-
X-3 #5?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 5??-
X-3 #6?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 6??-
X-3 #7?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 7??-
X-3 #8?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 8??-
X-3 #9?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 9??-
X-3 #10?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 10??-
X-3 #11?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 11??-
X-3 #12July 28, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 121.208?Fastest X-3 flight.
X-3 #13?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 13??-
X-3 #14?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 14??-
X-3 #15?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 15??-
X-3 #16?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 16??-
X-3 #17?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 17??-
X-3 #18?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 18??-
X-3 #19?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 19??-
X-3 #20?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 20??-
X-3 #21?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 21??-
X-3 #22?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 22??-
X-3 #23?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 23??-
X-3 #24?, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 24??-
X-3 #25December, 1953Bill Bridgeman49-2892Douglas 25??Last Douglas evaluation flight.
X-3 #26July, 1954Frank Everest49-2892USAF 1??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #27July, 1954Frank Everest49-2892USAF 2??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #28July, 1954Frank Everest49-2892USAF 3??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #29July, 1954Chuck Yeager49-2892USAF 4??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #30July, 1954Chuck Yeager49-2892USAF 5??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #31July, 1954Chuck Yeager49-2892USAF 6??Joint USAF-NACA evaluation flight.
X-3 #32August 23, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 1??Pilot familiarization.
X-3 #33September 3, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 2??Static longitudinal stability and control, wing and tail loads, and pressure distribution.
X-3 #34September 9, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 3??Same as flight 2.
X-3 #35September 9, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 4??Same as flight 2.
X-3 #36September 16, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 5??Same as flight 2.
X-3 #37October 19, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 6??Same as flight 2.
X-3 #38October 21, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 7??Same as flight 2.
X-3 #39October 21, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 8??Investigation of lateral and directional stability and control.
X-3 #40October 21, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 9??Same as flight 8.
X-3 #41October 27, 1954Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 101.1549,862Walker's 10th flight. Tumbled out of control. Pilot recovered. Airframe stressed to limit.
X-3 #42September 20, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 11??Investigation of longitudinal stability and control, wing and tail loads, and wing pressure distribution.
X-3 #43September 22, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 12??Same as flight 11.
X-3 #44October 6, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 13??Directional stability and control, vertical tail loads.
X-3 #45October 12, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 14??Same as flight 13. Drag chute inadvertently deployed in flight without damage to aircraft.
X-3 #46October 20, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 15??Dynamic lateral stability and control, vertical tail loads.
X-3 #47October 21, 1956Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 16??Same as flight 15.
X-3 #48October 23, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 17??Same as flight 15. flight marked conclusion of NACA X-3 static and dynamic stability and control and tail loads programs on the aircraft.
X-3 #49December 13, 1955Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 18??Control system evaluation. One engine damaged from ingestion of pressure probe; X-3 grounded for maintenance and repairs.
X-3 #50April 4, 1956Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 19??Pressure distribution measurements. Nose instrumentation compartment fire caused minor damage to flight-test instrumentation.
X-3 #51May 23, 1956Joseph Walker49-2892NACA 20??Lateral control investigation; last NACA flight. Plane retired.

References

References

  1. "X-3 - NASA".
  2. (2014-02-28). "X-3 Stiletto - NASA".
  3. "Joseph A. Walker".
  4. News, Aerotech. (2021-07-18). "Douglas X-3 Stiletto accomplished much, but not what was originally planned".
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