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WhiteKnightTwo Takes Off!
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Moon Mission Member  
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 WhiteKnightTwo Takes Off! Posted on: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:18 pmNews coming in that WhiteKnightTwo has taken off today!
If anyone finds any info then post it here! Space.com posted a news item as the craft was in flight: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08 ... -test.html Congratulations to everyone! We await more news! _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk |
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Posted on: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:14 pm Takeoff
http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 5441973001 Landing http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 5474303001 _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk |
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Posted on: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:09 am Here are a few more things ive read whie doing the rounds!
"It reached an altitude 4,000ft above the original test plan's maximum altitude.That is how confident we are about the aircraft. Now we have to download all the data. There will be another flight early in the new year," says Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn. (Also, 16,000ft (4,880m) has been quoted as the max altitude) Longer video available to watch - http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 5465369001 _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk |
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Space Walker  
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:35 am
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Posted on: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:00 pm Nice find!!!
Looks strange flying through the air, but then again has scaled ever made something that looks normal! Iain ----------------------------- http://kiwi2space.blogspot.com |
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Posted on: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:53 pm It has no canards, which makes it pretty odd as far as Rutan designs go...
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Posted on: Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:57 am Scaled Composites, LLC
23 December 2008 "The White Knight Two, Scaled Model 348, made its first flight on 21 December 2008. Pilot for the flight was Peter Siebold, Scaled’s Director of Flight Operations, and the copilot was Clint Nichols, also of Scaled. The 1-hour flight explored handling qualities at altitudes up to 16000 ft. We were very pleased with the results of the flight and look forward to continued testing in the new year." _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk |
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Posted on: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:12 pm Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo may need to have its rudder and yaw stability improved to counter issues such as the greater fishtail effect that would be expected with a twin fuselage aircraft.
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Posted on: Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:37 pm Another flight!!
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyper ... again.html _________________ > http://www.fullmoonclothing.com > http://www.facebook.com/robsastrophotography > robgoldsmith@hotmail.co.uk |
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Space Walker
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Posted on: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:34 pm Nice, and the comments :)
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