| The SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan, | | | | earth, touching down like a plane on the same |
| an aviation legend. His research team at the | | | | runway from which he took away. |
| Scaled Composites aerospace company built it | | | | |
| and it was Paul G. Allen who funded it. | | | | On 27 July 2004, Burt Rutan, chief of the |
| | | | Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites |
| Mike Melvill piloted the Spaceship One to an | | | | gave a 60 day notice that SpaceShip One will |
| altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). The | | | | be making an effort to acquire the Ansari |
| Spaceship One has reached a record breaking | | | | X-Prize contest on September 29 from the |
| elevation of 328,491 feet under the control | | | | Mojave Spaceport. This first flight to |
| of examination pilot Mike Melvill. Making | | | | attempt to win the X-Prize competition was |
| Melvill the best civil to fly a spaceship out | | | | piloted by Mike Melvil and was successful. |
| of the atmosphere and the first private pilot | | | | The accomplishment was repeated no later than |
| to gain astronaut wings. | | | | October 13. |
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| The Spaceship One has reached space through | | | | A perfect desktop display and gift for your |
| the support of a carrier aircraft, the White | | | | love ones and friends and indeed a great |
| Knight. The aircraft lifts Spaceship One from | | | | collection to make! This is what Aviation |
| the runway. Then after an hour of climbing to | | | | Modelworks offers you. The Scaled Composites |
| roughly 50,000 feet elevation, the White | | | | SpaceShipOne wood model is just one of the |
| Knight releases the spaceship into a glide. | | | | many spacecraft replica models that we offer. |
| The spaceship pilot fires his rocket machine | | | | The Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne model |
| for about 80 seconds, reaching Mach 3 in a | | | | spacecraft is fully handcrafted and made of |
| vertical rise. During the pull-up and rise, | | | | the finest mahogany wood. Colors and other |
| the pilot encounters G-forces three to four | | | | designs of the original model were cautiously |
| times the seriousness of the ground. | | | | painted on the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne |
| | | | replica. It passes through several stages of |
| SpaceShip One coasts up to its final altitude | | | | priming and sanding. And for the Scaled |
| of 100 kilometer before falling back to | | | | Composites SpaceShipOne model spacecraft's |
| earth. The pilot configures the craft's wing | | | | protection and glossy finish, it is coated |
| and tail into high-drag settings. This | | | | with a clear lacquer. |
| provides a "care-free" atmospheric entrance | | | | |
| by slowing the spaceship in the upper air and | | | | Aviation Modelworks Model Airplanes delivers |
| automatically aligning it along the flying | | | | model airplanes and model helicopters made |
| route. Upon re-entry, the pilot reconfigures | | | | only of the highest quality materials. Each |
| the ship back to its original glider, and | | | | model aircraft we offer is handcrafted from |
| then spends 15 to 20 minutes gliding back to | | | | the finest mahogany wood. |