The supersonic research rocketplane had been dropped from a Boeing P2B-1S Superfortress at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) over Edwards Air Force Base. During this flight the Skyrocket reached Mach 1.728. The Associated Press wire service reported …

The P2B-1S "mother-ship" was nicknamed Fertile Myrtle and was assigned the NACA number 137. As of May 2013, this aircraft was in the collection of Kermit Weeks at his Fantasy of Flight aviation museum in Polk City, Florida. The forward fuselage section was restored and briefly displayed at the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Florida. It has ...

2025年3月22日 · The modified four-engine heavy bomber, a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29-95-BW Superfortress 45-21787 (which had been transferred to the U.S. Navy 5 May 1947 and redesignated P2B-1S Superfortress), had a runaway propeller on the Number 4 engine, outboard on the right wing.

The P2B is the US Navy version of the B-29 Superfortress. Four B-29s were transferred to the US Navy in 1947 for long range search operations. This aircraft was later loaned to NACA, the forerunner of NASA, where it was used as the mothership to launch the D-558-II Skyrocket.

2013年3月21日 · Boeing P2B-1S (B-29-95-BW) Superfortress Bu. No. 84029 and Douglas Skyrocket. Published on March 21, 2013 in 22 March 1956 Full resolution (2560 × 2008)

On March 14, 1947, the Navy took over four B-29-BWs for long-range search missions. The designation P2B-1S and P2B-2S was assigned. Later, one of the P2Bs (84029) was modified as the carrier aircraft for the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket high …

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 84029 as a P2B-1S. From 1950 to 1956. Modified as the carrier aircraft for the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket high-speed rocket-powered research aircraft. The bomb bay was extensively modified to carry a D-558-II nestled underneath the belly.

Previous marks include Bureau number 84029 (Navy designation P2B-1S) and USAF serial 45-21787. The mission markings denote test flights carrying the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket research aircraft. This aircraft was later sold to the Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight museum in …

My dad was the navigator on the pictured P2B-1S when it was picked up at Wichita and remained with it's crew until he was discharged in 1945. I have a picture of it in it's original configuration and the crew taken in 1945 at Chatham Field before it was turned over to the Navy. Any recent info on the aircraft would be appreciated.

Nose section of "Fertile Myrtile" inside the hangar at Fantasy of Flight. Delivered to the USAAF with s/n 45-21787, it was one of four B-29s transferred to the US Navy for long range search operations with the designation P2B-1S. BuNo 84029 was loaned to NACA where it was converted to a mothership to launch the D-558-II Skyrocket.