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Submission + - The original "Jumbo Jet" Boeing 747 is 40 today (flightglobal.com)

Submitted by clarkes1 on Friday January 22, 2010 @07:02AM

clarkes1 writes: Forty years ago today, the original Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 began earning money for its launch customer Pan Am. To celebrate the 40th anniversary, we outline how the Jumbo Jet evolved, talk to the man who led the team that created it, and examine what lies ahead for the next-generation models.

Submission + - VIDEO: Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo (flightglobal.com)

Submitted by clarkes1 on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @05:00AM

clarkes1 writes: Virgin Galactic has released video and images of its completed SpaceShipTwo prototype vehicle attached to its WhiteKnight Two carrier aircraft hours before the unveiling of the two together for the first time at Mojave air and spaceport in California.

Bookmark VIDEO & PICTURES: WhiteKnightTwo cockpit and interior (flightglobal.com)

by clarkes1 on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @10:29PM

Submission + - SpaceShip Two mothership lands at Oshkosh Air Show (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Monday July 27, 2009 @07:56PM

clarkes1 writes: "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two mothership WhiteKnight Two made its public debut today at 14:47 local time at the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin."

Submission + - General Atomics reveals Predator C 'Avenger' UAV (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @12:26PM

clarkes1 writes: "General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has released the first public images and the new name of its Predator C "Avenger" unmanned air vehicle."

Submission + - Virgin Galactic makes WK Two structural change (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Friday March 27, 2009 @04:08PM

clarkes1 writes: "To solve handling and stability problems Virgin Galactic has made structural modifications to the vertical stabiliser fins of its WhiteKnight Two carrier aircraft prototype Virgin MotherShip (VMS) Eve."

Submission + - Virgin Galactic's Prototype Mothership Eve (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Friday March 27, 2009 @08:13AM

clarkes1 writes: "These images are a collection of in-flight photos of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two experimental prototype Virgin MotherShip Eve, test flown from Mojave air and spaceport three times by its prime contractor Scaled Composites."

Submission + - DC-3 Crash delays WhiteKnightTwo return to flight (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Thursday February 05, 2009 @08:12AM

clarkes1 writes: "The return to flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo was delayed yesterday when a Douglas DC-3 that belongs to the National Test Pilot School went off the runway on take-off and crashed. Fortunately no one, as far as we know, was badly hurt"

Submission + - Airbus A38 won't be Air Force One replacement (flightglobal.com)

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discostu

on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @07:43AM

discostu writes: "EADS North America (NA) will abstain from an opportunity to usurp Boeing as the next supplier for the US presidential aircraft fleet."

Submission + - Airbus A380 as Air Force One (flightglobal.com)

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clarkes1

on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:02AM

clarkes1 writes: "As the search for the new Air Force One aircraft begins, this is how the new aircraft would look if an Airbus A380 was chosen as the Presidential Aircraft of choice"

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by clarkes1 on Monday December 22, 2008 @04:39AM (#26198001) Attached to: SpaceShipTwo Mothership Makes Maiden Flight

the actual video of the launch is here: WhiteKnightTwo launch

Submission + - WhiteKnightTwo's engine trials caught on video (flightglobal.com) 2

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clarkes1

on Saturday December 13, 2008 @06:50AM

clarkes1 writes: "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo moved down a runway during a low speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport, the first time we have seen the mothership in motion."

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