SCALED COMPOSITES WHITEKNIGHT TWO, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, JULY 31, 2009
Both photos:
Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/2000 sec, f11
ISO 400
By far the oddest new airplane at the big Oshkosh air show last week, the WhiteKnight Two -- a pair of airframes, each with two jet engines, connected at the wing -- is the airborne launching pad for a rocket vehicle intended to carry tourists into suborbital space for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic company. It first flew last December 21 and can soar as high as 70,000 feet.
1 comment:
WOW, that first one looks like you were in the sky shooting down on the plane. Nice closeups.
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