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    Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990s–2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White...
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    at Scaled Composites. They qualified to fly SpaceShipOne by training on the Tier One flight simulator and in White Knight and other Scaled Composites aircraft...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 318 White Knight (now also called White Knight One) is a jet-powered carrier aircraft that was used to launch its companion...
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  • Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman. It is located...
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  • Internet backbone network Scaled Composites Tier One, a suborbital human spaceflight program Tier 1 nations in rugby union WTA Tier I tournaments, a series...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch or Roc is an aircraft built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO)...
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    and had to delay their flights. Tier One was therefore able to follow their original flight schedule. Scaled Composites reported that they could have turned...
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    Due to problems encountered during flight 15P on June 21, 2004, Scaled Composites did not immediately set a date for their competitive flights, suspecting...
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    returned to the spaceport and landed safely at 08:14. Scaled Composites, the makers of SpaceShipOne, announced the planned spaceflight on June 2, 2004,...
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    Billionaire space race (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
    division of his firm Vulcan and his financing of programs such as Scaled Composites Tier One. Allen sought to reduce the cost of launching payloads into orbit...
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    Chuck Coleman (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    such as McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Bede Jet Corporation and Scaled Composites. Coleman was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots SETP...
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    spacecraft to release altitude. It was developed by Scaled Composites from 2007 to 2010 as the first stage of Tier 1b, a two-stage to suborbital-space crewed launch...
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    Mike Melvill (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first...
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  • Doug Shane (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    of the Scaled Composites astronaut team and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Shane...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft...
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  • SPACE.com article Scaled Composites' public flight log Archived 2004-06-24 at the Wayback Machine X Prize page about Scaled Composites Archived 2004-06-24...
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    Peter Siebold (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo...
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    Brian Binnie (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    States Navy officer and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites and flown from 2003 to 2004...
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    The Scaled Composites Sierra (Model 401) is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites of Mojave Spaceport, Mojave...
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  • Scaled Composites Model 133-4.62 ATTT, or Advanced Technology Tactical Transport was a technology demonstration project built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites...
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  • 2004-06-24 at the Wayback Machine SpaceShipOne breaks the sound barrier Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine — press release from Scaled Composites...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 81 Catbird is a high-efficiency five-seat single-engine all-composite general aviation aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. It...
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    The Scaled Composites ARES is a demonstrator aircraft built by Scaled Composites. ARES is an acronym for Agile Responsive Effective Support. In 1981, U...
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    Cormier's PanAero, Inc. – website Pioneer Rocketplane – website Scaled Composites' Tier One project – Winning Team Space Transport Corporation Starchaser...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) was an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured by The...
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  • The Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod is an experimental flying car developed by Scaled Composites. It was the final aircraft designed by Burt Rutan prior...
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    The Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Company designation Model 158) was a twin-engine twin-boom aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company...
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  • Mojave Aerospace Ventures (category Scaled Composites)
    associated with Tier One, Scaled Composites, which, as of 2007, is owned by Northrop Grumman. MAV serves to separate[clarification needed] Tier One spinoffs...
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  • spaceflight, as part of a program called "Tier 2" by Burt Rutan founder of Scaled Composites. By 2008, Scaled Composites had reduced those plans and articulated...
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    The Scaled Composites Triumph is a twin-engine, business jet prototype designed and built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites for Beechcraft. It was known...
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