X-Prize Flight 2
October 4, 2004
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Mike in front of White Knight / SpaceShipOne
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Brian Binnie's wife and Mike Melvill's wife look on as White Knight / SpaceShipOne gets ready
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Another picture of Mike in front of White Knight / SpaceShipOne (unfortunately this one turned out more blury)
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White Knight / SpaceShipOne zooming down the runway
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White Knight / SpaceShipOne takes off
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It's cold enough up there that several of the planes make contrails. This one is from one of the chase planes
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Contrails! The one going straight up is SpaceShipOne (the reason it's not quite straight is because the wind currents blow in d
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The contrails dissipate
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The three chase planes and White Knight
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The three chase planes and White Knight
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SpaceShipOne lands with Extra 300 close by keeping watch