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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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    companion SpaceShipOne, an experimental spaceplane. The White Knight and SpaceShipOne were designed by Burt Rutan and manufactured by Scaled Composites, a private...
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  • of non-metal, composite materials, and for winning the Ansari X Prize with its experimental spacecraft SpaceShipOne. Scaled Composites was established...
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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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    logos were carried as on flight 16P: Scaled Composites "SpaceShipOne: a Paul G. Allen project" on SpaceShipOne "White Knight" on White Knight Virgin...
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    several logos for the flight. These were: Scaled Composites "SpaceShipOne: a Paul G. Allen project" on SpaceShipOne "White Knight" on White Knight Virgin...
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    Aviation portal Scaled Composites Proteus, predecessor to WhiteKnightOne Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Roc, derivative of WhiteKnightTwo SpaceShipTwo, payload...
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    Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990sā€“2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White...
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    of Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo February 9, 2011 ā€” First flight of Scaled Composites Firebird March 30, 2011 ā€” First flight of Scaled Composites BiPod...
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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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    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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  • 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 Sierra (Model 401) is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites of Mojave Spaceport, Mojave...
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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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    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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  • safely. SPACE.com article Scaled Composites' public flight log Archived 2004-06-24 at the Wayback Machine X Prize page about Scaled Composites Archived...
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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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  • for SpaceShipThree in 2005 was for commercial orbital spaceflight, as part of a program called "Tier 2" by Burt Rutan founder of Scaled Composites. By...
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  • the Wayback Machine X Prize page about Scaled Composites Archived 2004-06-24 at the Wayback Machine SpaceShipOne breaks the sound barrier Archived 2016-09-11...
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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)
    One, Scaled Composites, which, as of 2007, is owned by Northrop Grumman. MAV serves to separate[clarification needed] Tier One spinoffs from Scaled.[citation...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scaled Composites Triumph. Goleta Air and Space Museum Scaled Composites Model 143 "Triumph" Gallery Selected image...
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    Burt Rutan (category Space advocates)
    founded Scaled Composites, LLC, which has become one of the world's pre-eminent aircraft design and prototyping facilities. Scaled Composites is headquartered...
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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 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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    Peter Siebold (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    of the Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the...
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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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    Chuck Coleman (category Scaled Composites Tier One program)
    (1994) and Scaled Compositesā€™ SpaceShipOne (2004). Coleman was also part of the Scaled Composites team that won the Ansari X Prize which was a space competition...
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  • recently, J85s have powered the Scaled Composites White Knight aircraft, the carrier for the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne spacecraft, and the Me 262 Project...
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    registration N339SS, was the sole Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo test vehicle. It was the first of the five SpaceShipTwo craft planned by Virgin Galactic...
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