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SCALED COMPOSITES LLC
MOJAVE, CA
Serial Number 001
Engines P&W CANADA PW308A
Thrust: 6904lbs (Turbo-fan)
Early morning flight test for Scaled Composites' WhiteKnightTwo mothership carrying SpaceShipTwo.
The pair was climbing out for SS2's third powered flight (PF-03) on January 10th, 2014. Imaged at low angle through a strong inversion layer. Range 11 km (7 mi).
A King-Air from Mohave came out to Phoenix to follow WK2 into the air (they took off from a parallel runway and then trailed WK2).
Before Mark "Forger" Stucky and Frederick "C.J." Sturckow were presented with Commercial Astronaut Wings, Washington, DC, 7 February 2019. Stucky was the No. 180 astronaut I've met.
After Plane Crazy Saturday they removed a section of the wing off each end before moving the White Knight Two.