Photos of Attempt ot move Roton Rocket to museum by helicopter

I found a website that has a series of pictures showing an attempt
to move the Roton Rocket to a San Diego museum by cargo helicopter.

There are 72 pictures. The event took place in May 2003.


http://www.pro-photography.net/galle...V-move?&page=1


- Rusty Barton

In article ,
(Rusty B) wrote:

I found a website that has a series of pictures showing an attempt
to move the Roton Rocket to a San Diego museum by cargo helicopter.

There are 72 pictures. The event took place in May 2003.

Hmm... couldn't they have just flown it (stopping frequently for
refueling, I'm sure)?

Pity I just moved away from San Diego, I would have enjoyed seeing it.

- Joe

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:26:53 -0600, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

In article ,
(Rusty B) wrote:

I found a website that has a series of pictures showing an attempt
to move the Roton Rocket to a San Diego museum by cargo helicopter.

There are 72 pictures. The event took place in May 2003.

Hmm... couldn't they have just flown it (stopping frequently for
refueling, I'm sure)?

Very frequently. It's theoretically possible, but the logistics would
be crazy, and the probability of a mishap would approach unity by the
time it got all the way.

I remember reading somewhere that one of the test-pilots reported the ATV
was a nightmare to fly.

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:26:53 -0600, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

In article ,
(Rusty B) wrote:

I found a website that has a series of pictures showing an attempt
to move the Roton Rocket to a San Diego museum by cargo helicopter.

There are 72 pictures. The event took place in May 2003.

Hmm... couldn't they have just flown it (stopping frequently for
refueling, I'm sure)?

Very frequently. It's theoretically possible, but the logistics would
be crazy, and the probability of a mishap would approach unity by the
time it got all the way.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:34:25 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jon G"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

I remember reading somewhere that one of the test-pilots reported the ATV
was a nightmare to fly.

Yes, perhaps the same test pilot that broke the sound barrier today in
SpaceShipOne. Or it may have been Marti--I forget which.

h (Rand Simberg) wrote in
:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:34:25 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jon G"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

I remember reading somewhere that one of the test-pilots reported the ATV
was a nightmare to fly.

Yes, perhaps the same test pilot that broke the sound barrier today in
SpaceShipOne. Or it may have been Marti--I forget which.

I believe it was Marti, in an article in Air & Space.


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