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22 years ago: December 17, 2003, #SpaceShipOne's Flight 11P was the first non-government piloted supersonic flight. Piloted by Brian Binnie, SS1 flew from and returned to Mojave Airport #KMHV, later renamed Mojave Air & Space Port. SS1 was carried at takeoff by the White Knight carrier plane, drop-launched from 47,900ft, climbed by rocket to 67,800ft. They made the accomplishment on the day of the Wright Brothers centennial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne_flight_11P #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #history

Selfie as I do. And my #XPrize Foundation hat.

#Mojave #Space Port Civilian Flight Test Center.
#SpaceShipOne Replica.

20 years ago, December 17, 2003 (on Wright Brothers centennial) #SpaceShipOne🚀 Flight 11P piloted by Brian Binnie made 1st private non-govt piloted supersonic flight. Flown at Mojave #KMHV, air launched from WK (White Knight) carrier plane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne_flight_11P #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek #history

19 years ago, Oct 4, 2004, I was one of thousands at Mojave Air & Space Port #KMHV to witness #SpaceShipOne piloted by Brian Binnie win $10M X-Prize for a 2nd space flight of the same craft in less than 2 weeks. They did it on the anniversary of Sputnik launch. #NewSpace #aviation

Trivia: All of the US crewed space flights in 2004 were done by #SpaceShipOne from/to Mojave #KMHV Air & Space Port (briefly renamed Mojave Spaceport at the time). #NASA space shuttle was grounded following Feb 2003 Columbia accident and didn't fly again until Jul 2005. #NewSpace

After Years of Uncertainty, Stratolaunch Flies Again - When Paul Allen founded Stratolaunch in 2011, the hope was to make access to space... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/03/after-years-of-uncertainty-stratolaunch-flies-again/ #scaledcompositesstratolaunch #transportationhacks #hackadaycolumns #currentevents #spaceshipone #stratolaunch #engineering #hypersonic #spaceplane #burtrutan