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To: Sarajevo

This project almost seems routine after winning the X-prize. When you consider though that Rutan must have been developing this aircraft at the same time he was perfecting the X-prize rocket it gives you some idea of his creativity and energy.


8 posted on 02/26/2005 7:13:35 AM PST by Arkie2
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To: Arkie2
...Rutan must have been developing this aircraft at the same time he was perfecting the X-prize rocket...

And Proteus.

And prototypes and proof-of-concept machines for several GA startups, including Visionaire (RIP), Adam (still hanging in there), Toyota, Honda, and several others.

And UAVs.

And classified/military projects. And managing all these projects, including the various taskings for Proteus.

Scaled Project First Flight Craft Name
202 1995 Boomerang
226 1993? Raptor [UAV]
247 1996 Visionaire Vantage
271 1997 Williams International V-Jet
281 1998 Proteus
309 2000 Adam Model 309 Proof of Concept
311 2004 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer
316 2003 SpaceShipOne
317 -NA- SpaceShipOne Simulator (not certain)
318 2003 White Knight
346 2007? "SpaceShipTwo?"

The rapid-fire nature of these model numbers, almost all for craft that have flown in the last ten years, should give some idea of what Scaled can do. Don't forget that during the same period they flew the Toyota project, the Honda project, DC-X [unmanned SSTO demonstrator], Pegasus {air-launched sat booster], Roton ATV [proof of concept for a gyro/helicopter space descent vehicle], Freewing [UAV], another UAV for Bell, all of which I dunno the project numbers (I have Roton's written down on another puter).

d.o.l.

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24 posted on 02/26/2005 4:01:28 PM PST by Criminal Number 18F
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