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Space Tourism Aircraft Makes Its First Test Flight
Designed by Scaled Composites, the White Knight Two mothership rolled down the runway of the Mojave Air and Space Port in California and muscled itself into the air using four Pratt and Whitney PW308A turbofan engines, on December 21.
It flew for about an hour, departing the runway at roughly 8:17 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, safely touching down at the Mojave Air and Space Port at approximately 9:17 a.m. PST (Pacific Standard Time).
"It's a big day," said Stuart Witt, general manager of Mojave Air and Space Port. "I think it's a real reflective time. When everybody's looking for a bailout, there are still people that are doing something for a much larger reason," he told Space.com.
The hour-long test flight of White Knight Two made use of a minimum flight test crew.
According to Dick Rutan, a witness to the flight, "It all went well. All the big things worked well. Overall, 99 percent on target and everybody is really happy. You get an airplane that's this weird and get it up and get it down, and it's safe on deck."
After a number of shakeout flights, the White Knight Two is to be outfitted with the now-under-construction Space Ship Two.
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