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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:33:37 GMT, "James"
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:"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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: In article ,
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: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket
owered
: flight today.
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: 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
: Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
: No injuries,minor damage.
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: Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!
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: Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!
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: Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
: months..
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: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
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:I would be very surprised if anyone beat Burt and his bunch to the punch.
:When has he not hit a target he set out to?
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Grizzley
Solitare
Visionair Vantage
V-jet
Proteus
Starship
Ares
Triumph jet
Pond Racer
NGT/T46
Lotus Microlight
CM-144
AD-1 skew wing

Other than those, he's done very well.

HAHA, I guess I stand a bit corected...but having said that, what was wrong
with the Proteus? I think it hit the hit the target exactly and the Pond
Racer had a cooling system malfunction....

I guess if we are going ot be honest with ourselves, he has done more to
advance private aviation than any other single person in the past twenty
years...looking at the thing she has achieved.

Along with triumphs, there will be failures, but the tradgic are the ones
that are never brought to fruition by those who dream but never do.


James Taylor
www.AICompany.com