#spaceshipone — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Selfie as I do. And my #XPrize Foundation hat.
#Mojave #Space Port Civilian Flight Test Center.
#SpaceShipOne Replica. -
Selfie as I do. And my #XPrize Foundation hat.
#Mojave #Space Port Civilian Flight Test Center.
#SpaceShipOne Replica. -
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