MX-324

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Class: Manned. Type: Rocketplane. Destination: Suborbital. Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Northrop.

First U.S. military rocket-powered plane; built by Northrop.

MX-324 Chronology

1944 July 5 - MX-324 rocket fighter prototype first flight. - Crew: Crosby.
The MX-324, first U.S. military rocket-powered plane built by Northrop, was flown by test pilot Harry Crosby, at Harper Dry Lake, Calif.

Bibliography:

Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html.

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