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May 14th 04, 02:51 PM
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Spaceship 1 hits 212,000 feet!!!!!!
Burt Rutan's Spaceship 1 hit an altitude of 212,000 feet yesterday!!!!!
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May 14th 04, 06:33 PM
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Three column inches on page 11 of today's Houston Chronicle (and below
the fold). They sure know how to highlight the important things  (Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````````````````` On 14 May 2004 13:51:39 GMT, (BlakeleyTB) wrote: Burt Rutan's Spaceship 1 hit an altitude of 212,000 feet yesterday!!!!!
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May 14th 04, 10:23 PM
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Wow, very cool!
-- Dan D. http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html .. "BlakeleyTB" wrote in message ... Burt Rutan's Spaceship 1 hit an altitude of 212,000 feet yesterday!!!!!
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#4
May 14th 04, 10:27 PM
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http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero...a/flt_data.htm
I like the "Feather oscillations were actively damped by the pilot" statement. Ride 'em cowboy! .. "BlakeleyTB" wrote in message ... Burt Rutan's Spaceship 1 hit an altitude of 212,000 feet yesterday!!!!!
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May 17th 04, 09:03 PM
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"Blueskies" wrote in message m...
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero...a/flt_data.htm I like the "Feather oscillations were actively damped by the pilot" statement. Ride 'em cowboy! Even better, note this paragraph from the test report (http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero...a/flt_data.htm): "During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon. " VFR to the edge of space! Whoo hoo!
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May 17th 04, 11:53 PM
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"Corrie" wrote "During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon. " VFR to the edge of space! Whoo hoo! Brings a new meaning to "VFR on top" doesn't it? -- Jim in NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.686 / Virus Database: 447 - Release Date: 5/14/2004
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#7
May 18th 04, 02:14 AM
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Morgans wrote:
"Corrie" wrote "During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon. " VFR to the edge of space! Whoo hoo! Brings a new meaning to "VFR on top" doesn't it? Wonder if there is a wave file of his request for clearance.....  Dave
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#8
May 18th 04, 03:07 AM
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"D.W. Taylor" wrote in message ... Morgans wrote: "Corrie" wrote "During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon. " VFR to the edge of space! Whoo hoo! Brings a new meaning to "VFR on top" doesn't it? Wonder if there is a wave file of his request for clearance..... Dave Yep, there can't be that many people that request to enter Class A from on top of it. Tim Ward
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#9
May 18th 04, 03:55 AM
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Reminds me of a SR-71 story I downloaded a while back.
A Blackbird flying high over the USA requested from LA control clearance to FL 600 and the controller admonished him asking how he expected to get up to FL 600 and the Habu pilot replied he didn't he wanted to decend to there, he was cleared! John Tim Ward wrote: Yep, there can't be that many people that request to enter Class A from on top of it. Tim Ward
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#10
May 20th 04, 05:01 PM
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There is also info at www.space.com. If there is nothing on the main
page, try the technology or news sections. Betsy
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