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Stratolaunch to launch hypersonic vehicles from world's biggest airplane
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| 03/21/2020
| Mike Wall
Posted on 04/01/2020 10:08:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: mabarker1
That beam holding the 2 halves together, worries me at Mach 6 or even close to that speed.
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posted on
04/01/2020 4:35:12 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: mabarker1
My favorite plane of all time.
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posted on
04/01/2020 4:35:49 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
Yeah the tails joined would offer a bit more assurance.
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posted on
04/01/2020 4:47:17 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: carriage_hill
Saw it a number of times at air shows. Loudest engines by far.
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posted on
04/01/2020 4:48:14 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: xp38
You got that right! As is, it looks very flimsy.
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posted on
04/01/2020 5:16:18 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: xp38
Just refueled on the tarmac, it leaks fuel in several places. When it gets to speed, the skin expands from heat/air friction, and seals itself. Needs refueling from that fuel loss on its journey. It must nearly fall out of the sky, loping along with a KC Tanker, until its tanks are full again.
I saw them take off from Homestead AFB, just south of Miami, back in the mid-70s. State Police had highway blocked-off for miles in each direction, but we got close enough to see it clearly, thanks to a Trooper friend.
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posted on
04/01/2020 5:22:25 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: mabarker1
No, Your post at #8 — that is the subject of the article. I don’t know if your pic is that first day but it looks like it. I was on that Mojave remote highway and they were just rolling it out. I pulled off the side and that night read up on Paul Allen’s involvement.
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posted on
04/01/2020 6:06:26 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: carriage_hill
The twin fuselage large carrier craft doesn’t break the sound barrier, the three craft it carries to the upper atmosphere are the high speed ships that break the surly bonds with that escape velocity off the high launch give by the carrier craft.
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posted on
04/01/2020 6:11:25 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: KC Burke
THAT makes sense. Thanks.
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posted on
04/01/2020 6:27:15 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: KC Burke
OK Thank You. Some days get fuzzy for Me. That’s still cool.
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posted on
04/01/2020 6:52:20 PM PDT
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: carriage_hill; Chode
One of the things I like best is that the Ruskies donated all that Titanium for the project. The only thing that would have been more hilarious would be if We had traded Wheat for it.
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posted on
04/01/2020 7:00:01 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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