"The First Place We're Going To Bring It Commercially Is
Oshkosh"
Every chair was filled, and for most it was standing room only
at Pavilion 7 at Oshkosh. Anticipation filled the room Tuesday to
hear Will Whitehorn, Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson speak on
the future of space flight, and White Knight Two.
The Rocket Racing League did it! They flew Tuesday, and
they flew up a storm. And make no mistake about it, this was
no taxi test. Just after 2:30pm, former NASA astronaut Rick
Searfoss took off for a demo flight. Despite threatening clouds
which imposed a 2,000-foot ceiling on what was supposed to be a
4,000 foot vertical climbout after takeoff, Searfoss did a nice job
improvising a "low show" to show off the rocket racer's turns and
burns for the crowd. More demos are scheduled later this week for
Friday and Saturday.
Welcome to Aero-TV's Daily Update from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
for Tuesday, July 29th, 2008.
If Tuesday's AirVenture highlights had a theme, it might be
aerospace fantasies come to life.Given the level of excitement over
the Martin Jetpack exhibited by executives of the Experimental
Aircraft Association, it was a little surprising to see them caught
off-guard by the size of the crowd in AeroShell Square ...
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