Burt provides some preliminary information about the rolling
motions seen on the First X-Prize Flight
Burt Rutan: The complex reason on why the
rolling departure occurred will be described in a report we will
post at a later date. What I am intending to do here is merely
address some of the incorrect rumors about the rolls that have been
seen in various news stories and web discussion groups.
Mojave airport has seen its share of events and crowds in the
past. The people come, gather, watch some piece of aviation history
play itself out and then they leave. Life at the airfield then
returns to its abnormal normality.