Seems Like We Did This Once Before?

I recently came across a few photographs of Regulus II,  XRSSM-N-9 GM2001, being loaded into C-124C 52-1067 at Hensley Field/NAS Dallas. 

This was the first flight test missile (FTM). The date is February 6, 1956, the previous year the first XF8U-1 was also transported by Globemaster II also to Muroc for first flight and initial flight testing.

Being the first of class this example was powered by the Wright J65-W-6 engine. Regulus II GM2008 and subsequent were powered by the General Electric J79-GE-3A engine.

GM2001 first flew on May 29, 1956 and was lost in a landing accident on August 16, 1956.