Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"I can absolutely confirm that the Virgin Galactic event, which takes place during the opening day of AirVenture, will have ties back to Oshkosh, both real-time and throughout the week. We've been in regular communications with our friends at Virgin Galactic and its partner organization, Scaled Composites, to coordinate."

Source: EAA President and AirVenture Chairman Tom Poberezny. The Experimental Aircraft Association says the blogosphere is abuzz with reports of Virgin Galactic's recently sent invitations to selected individuals for a progress report and a rollout of WhiteKnightTwo on July 28 at Mojave Spaceport in California. EAA says these reports foreshadow a parallel media event and follow-up engagements with EAA members and visitors at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, July 28-August 3. Yeah, it's a long shot to dare think WK2 might make an appearance at OSH... but hey, we can dream, right?

FMI: www.scaled.com, www.airventure.org