It is a Starship owned by one of the Scaled Composite people. I could tell you
more, but the guy who knows the most is shut down. He has exceeded the download
limit on his website (
www.bobscherer.com -- don't make it worse :-)
The prototype was wrecked by a bulldozer (or something) when Raytheon pulled
the plug. There were only about 54 built and they didn't want to be in the
spares business for a fleet that small and didn't want to hang on till the
economy turned up a little later. I'm sure they are getting a small
satisfaction out of using it as a chase plane and getting all this media
attention.
-- Charlie Springer
-- Charlie Springer