SpaceShipOne and XPrize

I flew in on Sunday afternoon. The tower had me follow a truck to a parking
space just outside the Terminal Building. There was almost nobody about. We
didn't sign in or get any special pass. In the event security was pretty
laid back, you could enter the ramp area through the terminal building.
There was a sign saying "Air Crew & Passengers Only", so I figured this
covered me as I had an aircraft on the ramp. Once on the ramp you could
wander down to the Scaled building or up to the VIP viewing area under the
control tower. I did see some folks with ID badges that looked like they
were airport tenants and others who had "official" permission to be on the
ramp. Nobody I could see was checking these badges and plenty of people
didn't have them. At the start of the day I was in the public viewing area,
I decided to walk back to my plane to get batteries for my camera. One cop
stopped me on the way, but let me continue when I showed him my pilots
license, he did ask me "You're not going to take off are you?" which was a
pretty dumb question. Once I got on the ramp, I stayed there and watched
White Knight (with SS1 slung underneath) and the various chase planes taxi
right past me and then take-off.


"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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"Brenor Brophy" wrote in message
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I flew (a rented Skylane) into MHV yesterday and flew out this afternoon
after all the excitement. It was painless getting the "Prior
Permission",
I
just called the airport operations number (on their web page) and asked.

Cool! I should have thought of that myself!

Did you get any special treatment after landing, or were you herded
with the folks who drove in? Is there camping on or near the field??