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Finally comes the initial day of the
flight.

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The D-558  flies and fully lives

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up to the name Skystreak.

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To observers on the ground a streak in the sky

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is exactly what she is.

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In many airplanes, a flight like this would be

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the culmination of the design and efforts of its builders.

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To the Navy, NACA and to Douglas engineers however,