World’s Largest Aircraft Hits Skies For Second Time
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Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, founded by the late billionaire Paul G. Allen, flew the world’s largest aircraft named ‘Roc’ on Thursday for a second time.
“Today’s flight, at first review, has appeared extremely successful,” Stratolaunch’s chief operating officer Zachary Krevor told reporters. “We accomplished all test points as desired, we have not seen anything anomalous, and we are very pleased with the condition of the aircraft upon landing.”
The Roc is a dual fuselage design and has a 385 feet wingspan. The purpose of the aircraft is to air-launch rockets into low Earth orbit.
The second flight was initially scheduled for April 19 but was terminated due to unfavorable weather. The last time Roc flew was two years ago, in April 2019. Back then, the airplane flew for 2.5 hours, achieved a maximum speed of 189 mph, and soared to an altitude of 17,000 feet. The first flight allowed pilots to evaluate the airworthiness of the aircraft.
On Thursday’s test, Roc reached an altitude of 14,000 feet at a maximum speed of 199 mph before landing successfully back at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California.
We’re very pleased with how the Stratolaunch aircraft performed today, and we are equally excited about how much closer the aircraft is to launching its first hypersonic vehicle,” Krevor said.
If all goes well, the first air-launch test of a hypersonic vehicle named “Talon-A” could occur as early as next year.
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Andy
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I would be happier seeing something other than a thin wing joining the two fuselages. Seems a bit fragile to me.
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Chris
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I guess they must have a lot of titanium mechano within that wing section?
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dave jr
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yes, and why not tie the tail wings together?
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Andy
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That is one of the first things I noticed, I would have tied the tails together.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi PSI Readers,
I question: How many of you know who Paul G. Allen was?
Paul G. Allen was the partner of Bill Gates. Can you imagine why they parted company? Does anyone still remember Howard Hughes and his ‘Spruce Goose’?
Does anyone notice that the ‘ROC’ was designed and constructed with a specific practical purpose in someone’s mind? And that maybe our government is not funding this creative venture with no guarantee of success? Does anyone see why this airplane needed to be massive for its intended purpose?
I am curious if any reader will answer any of my questions.
Have a good day, Jerry
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Andy
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Hi Jerry, I’ve seen documentaries about Hughes the the Goose, and I was rather surprised to discover it has survived.
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Mark Tapley
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Hello Jerry:
The ROC will no doubt be another insider boondoggle designed to launder the taxpayers money into insider pockets. The Hughs H4. garbage that cost the taxpayers 22 million in 1942 dollars and was not finished until 1947. Hughs Aircraft also produced the AIM-Falcon missile that made four hits out of 50,000 and also the Galileo probe, all just junk to suck the taxpayers money into the elite pockets. Just like the fake moon landings.
Elon Musk’s (grandfather head of technocracy in Canada) Space X will be used the same way. Look at The Gates Foundation, no wonder the psychopath eugenicist Gates brags of 20x earnings when the government just dumped 4 billion in “stimulus money” on him for the fake virus scam. Strange how well all this philanthropy pays so well huh? All of the Zionist elite are part of the charity scam.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/4M6xQpxZs7if/
https://www.activistfacts.com/organizations/225-tides-foundation-tides-center/
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