Douglas X-3 Stiletto High-Speed Research Aircraft Family
The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a single-place high-speed research aircraft built to investigate sustained Mach 2 flight, low-aspect-ratio wings, and extensive titanium construction. Engine shortfalls left it underpowered, but its 1952-1956 flight program produced important stability-and-control, structural-load, materials, and tire-technology data that influenced later supersonic aircraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- X-3StilettoDouglas XS-3Douglas Stiletto
- Family Name
- Douglas X-3 Stiletto
- Full Name
- Douglas X-3 Stiletto High-Speed Research Aircraft Family
- Roles
- researchexperimentaltechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a single-place high-speed research aircraft built to investigate sustained Mach 2 flight, low-aspect-ratio wings, and extensive titanium construction. Engine shortfalls left it underpowered, but its 1952-1956 flight program produced important stability-and-control, structural-load, materials, and tire-technology data that influenced later supersonic aircraft.
- First Flight Year
- 1,952
- Last Flight Year
- 1,956
- Manufacturer
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-3-stiletto/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:07:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:07:34 UTC