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To: Noumenon

It does look like one of Rutan’s! It looks somewhat like the Voyager that was first to fly around the world without stopping or refueling.


22 posted on 05/31/2017 4:00:54 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Between this article and what wiki provides, I figure it gets around 28 gallons per mile. About 18 refueling stops to make it around the world. Fill her up!


35 posted on 05/31/2017 5:28:13 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Anti-Bubba182; Noumenon

It is from Scaled Composites.


40 posted on 05/31/2017 5:58:58 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182; Noumenon

This is the outgrowth of Rutan’s White Knight (X-Prize) and White Knight Two (Virgin Galactic.

The concept goes back to the original X planes - Bell X-1, the X-2 up through the X-15, all carried to altitude by our then current largest bomber.


43 posted on 05/31/2017 6:24:43 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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