MX-324
Aircraft · USA
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Northrop manned rocketplane. Flown 1944. First U.S. military rocket-powered plane.
Related
- Family
- Rocketplane, Suborbital, US Rocketplanes
- Country
- USA
- Agency
- Northrop
- Bibliography
- 17
Chronology
1 event
1944 July 5
- MX-324 rocket fighter prototype first flight. - . Crew: Crosby. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Crosby. Spacecraft Bus: American Rocketplanes. Spacecraft: MX-324. 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..