![Workers prepare to move the historic Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket into storage to protect it during ongoing campus construction at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., on July 19, 2024. The plane was donated in 1963 and dedicated to the “youth of Antelope Valley,” according to the AVC website. One of only three Skyrockets built, Albert Scott Crossfield piloted a sister ship, now in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, to twice the speed of sound in 1953.
Photo by Lisa Kinison](https://www.aerotechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AVC-Skyrocket-860x522.jpeg)
![Workers prepare to move the historic Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket into storage to protect it during ongoing campus construction at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., on July 19, 2024. The plane was donated in 1963 and dedicated to the “youth of Antelope Valley,” according to the AVC website. One of only three Skyrockets built, Albert Scott Crossfield piloted a sister ship, now in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, to twice the speed of sound in 1953.
Photo by Lisa Kinison](https://www.aerotechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AVC-Skyrocket-570x475.jpeg)
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A forklift is moved into position to facilitate the move of the Douglas Skyrocket at Antelope Valley College. The...
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