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Title: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: The IC on August 05, 2009, 06:39:13 AM

Last Friday, my son, my father, and I headed up to Oshkosh to EAA's Airventure.

I had a wonderful opportunity to see Scaled Composite's White Knight Two close up and in action. Here are some pics that I took. They plan on bringing Spaceship 2 next year. Sir Richard Branson, himself, flew the plane to Oshkosh.

Eve is the plane's actual name, and it was amazing to see in person, and to be a part of history.

Enjoy. If you would like a hi res pic, let me know.

(http://i28.tinypic.com/2i116it.jpg)

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight.
Post by: The IC on August 05, 2009, 06:49:22 AM

(http://i31.tinypic.com/21b3daf.jpg)

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(http://i32.tinypic.com/sqgnrb.jpg)

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Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: The IC on August 05, 2009, 07:05:00 AM

(http://i29.tinypic.com/219nh1t.jpg)

(http://i28.tinypic.com/10poqa1.jpg)

(http://i26.tinypic.com/t7oqp2.jpg)

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: Meds on August 05, 2009, 12:34:19 PM

cool shots :)

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: ChadH on August 05, 2009, 02:00:23 PM

It must have been really cool to see up close. I'm envious. Where can I sign up for a ticket?

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many p
Post by: The IC on August 06, 2009, 05:53:50 AM

http://www.virgingalactic.com/ (http://www.virgingalactic.com/)

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: ChadH on August 06, 2009, 09:38:44 AM

Thanks for the link. $200,000(corrected) for a ticket. Hmmm..... does a person really need two kidneys?

Title: Re: White Knight Two - We are living at the dawn of private spceflight. (Many pics)
Post by: The IC on August 06, 2009, 11:33:43 AM

$200,000 for the ticket

$20,000 is the deposit

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