He Liked It! Mikey Liked It! | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.02.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.03.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.04.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.05.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.06.25

Wed, Jun 23, 2004

He Liked It! Mikey Liked It!

But SpaceShipOne Pilot Says Flight Was A Bit "Intimidating" At Times

So... how was it?

Mike Melvill, SpaceShipOne's 62-year old pilot on a historic journey to the edge of space Monday, described his suborbital flight as "almost religious experience. You really do get the feeling that you've touched the face of God when you do something like this."

What we might not consider, watching videotape from the cockpit during Melvill's journey, is the sounds he heard. During the boost phase, he said, as his spacecraft approached Mach 3.2, "You can hear this incredible rushing sound like some hurricane coming by. The thing just has a high-frequency roar to it, that's very, very intimidating."

Perhaps most breath-taking: The View.

"It was really an awesome sight," Melvill said of looking down on the Earth, seeing it curve away at the horizon.

FMI: www.scaled.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (06.02.25): Minimum Friction Level

Minimum Friction Level The friction level specified in AC 150/5320-12, Measurement, Construction, and Maintenance of Skid Resistant Airport Pavement Surfaces, that represents the m>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.02.25)

Aero Linx: Airpower Museum The APM owns 30 acres on Antique Airfield, including the south half of the N-S runway. It consists of three hangars, an annex, and a library. The museum >[...]

NTSB Prelim: Champion 7ECA

Patient Told The First Responders That The “Man Who Was In The Plane Was Flying At The Time Of The Accident And Had Overshot The Runway They Were Attempting To Land On.&rdquo>[...]

Classic Klyde Morris (From 06.10.22)

Klyde Just Can't Believe This Has Gotten To This Point... FMI: www.klydemorris.com>[...]

Airborne 05.30.25: Anti-Helicopter Bill, PW Strike Done, All-Electric Bristell

Also: Duffy Wants $$$, KS Airports, Morningside U’s Aviation School, New Airstrip In ID After 6 were killed in a helicopter crash over the Hudson River, several US Representa>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC