how fast Burt Rutan can come up with these intersting designs and get them flying. Now if I can find enough spare change around, I'll start saving for my ride!Sunday, December 21, 2008
First flight of White Knight Two
The next generation of Rutan's Scaled Composites aircraft made it's first flight. This is the "booster" or carrier aircraft for the SpaceShipTwo which will carry passengers - rich passsngers - to space and back. I'm always amazed 
how fast Burt Rutan can come up with these intersting designs and get them flying. Now if I can find enough spare change around, I'll start saving for my ride!
how fast Burt Rutan can come up with these intersting designs and get them flying. Now if I can find enough spare change around, I'll start saving for my ride!
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Burt Rutan is the aero engineer, Dick Rutan, Burts older brother is the pilot of the voyager, the first nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in a piston powered aircraft. However, they are both quite amazing.
Whoops! Good catch. I got my names backwards.
I saw Mike Melvill's lecture at the Museum of Flight when he was here. One of the best lectures I've seen there. Summer before last, I went to an autograph show, banquet and shuttle launch (STS-117). I sat with Brian Binnie and his wife at my table. Nice people and a lot of fun to talk with. That weekend was one of the best weekends ever!
See my photos here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tegwilym/sets/72157600588373411/
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