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December 11th 03, 10:30 PM
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white knight: air-launched sst
Would a supersonic jet the size of the spaceship-one gain much performance
by being launched from underneath the white-knight from 48,000ft? Toby 
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December 13th 03, 02:51 AM
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white knight: air-launched sst
gg wrote:
Would a supersonic jet the size of the spaceship-one gain much performance by being launched from underneath the white-knight from 48,000ft? Toby I don't understand the question. When complete, SpaceShipOne will be an air dropped supersonic *rocket.* And by no means the first one, at that. -- You know what to remove, to reply....
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December 13th 03, 02:51 AM
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gg wrote:
Would a supersonic jet the size of the spaceship-one gain much performance by being launched from underneath the white-knight from 48,000ft? Toby I don't understand the question. When complete, SpaceShipOne will be an air dropped supersonic *rocket.* And by no means the first one, at that. -- You know what to remove, to reply....
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December 15th 03, 11:23 PM
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white knight: air-launched sst
Joann Evans wrote in message ... gg wrote: Would a supersonic jet the size of the spaceship-one gain much performance by being launched from underneath the white-knight from 48,000ft? Toby I don't understand the question. When complete, SpaceShipOne will be an air dropped supersonic *rocket.* And by no means the first one, at that. I was wondered if the range of an air-launched, air-breathing jet aeroplane the size of spaceshipone would gain much range from being air-launched? Could it have a much improved mass fraction compared to a similar sized jet plane that must take off conventionally? In a similar vein, could a ramjet powered plane (supersonic) be usefully launched from underneath the whiteknight? Toby
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December 15th 03, 11:23 PM
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white knight: air-launched sst
Joann Evans wrote in message ... gg wrote: Would a supersonic jet the size of the spaceship-one gain much performance by being launched from underneath the white-knight from 48,000ft? Toby I don't understand the question. When complete, SpaceShipOne will be an air dropped supersonic *rocket.* And by no means the first one, at that. I was wondered if the range of an air-launched, air-breathing jet aeroplane the size of spaceshipone would gain much range from being air-launched? Could it have a much improved mass fraction compared to a similar sized jet plane that must take off conventionally? In a similar vein, could a ramjet powered plane (supersonic) be usefully launched from underneath the whiteknight? Toby
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