The Beechcraft Starship
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The Beechcraft Starship
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Still coming in...
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"I'm telling you we can LAND it!"
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SwissAir says "Hi!" to Scaled Composites.
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Looks like they're still farting around out there.
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F-4s and wind farms and blue sky, oh my!
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Cool looking little 'plane lands, with Scaled still farting around in the background.
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Still farting around out there. I guess press conferences are fun, or something.
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Cropped a little less tightly.
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SSO is turned around...
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SSO being turned around with a crew cab towing it.
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This picture should give a better idea of how far away this is happening. I'm doing all this with iPhoto on a Wallstreet. Five-plus year old Macs still rule!
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Comin' about!
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It's all turned around. They towed it back to where all the party people were.
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It's all turned around. They towed it back to where all the party people were.
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"Guess we might as well go back with it, Burt."
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They towed it to the party. I didn't get to go. :-p
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These pictures really show that you can't have too many megapixels. I should have used my N80.
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Had to tow SSO past a lot of dinos.
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...a <i>lot</i> of dinos! Five megapixels just isn't enough! I wanted 30! Or 100!
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Looks like SwissAir dumped a lot of old airframes here for the SSO to go past. Would "lawn ornaments" be a better term than "dinos"?
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Continuing to tow...
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SSO goes past Old Glory to new glory.
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The sun is now well up over the F-4s and wind farm.
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SSO was towed away from the VIP area just after I got there! Maybe that's what happens if a person who isn't supposed to be there arrives? I was bummed.
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Welcome to Mojave Airport, Home of the Civilian Flight Test Center, Elevation 2787. Lat (deleted), Long (deleted), Frequences (deleted), America's First Inland Spaceport
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