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    The Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long-endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft...
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    ballistic missile Related development Pegasus rocket Scaled Composites Proteus Scaled Composites White Knight Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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    300 m) Spaceflight portal Aviation portal Scaled Composites Proteus, predecessor to WhiteKnightOne Scaled Composites Stratolaunch Roc, derivative of WhiteKnightTwo...
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    operation (VMC-day conditions only) Flying aircraft carrier Scaled Composites Proteus Scaled Composites Stratolaunch "FAA Registry (N318SL)". Federal Aviation...
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    The Scaled Composites Sierra (Model 401) is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites of Mojave Spaceport, Mojave...
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  • Scaled Composites (often called simply Scaled) is an American aerospace company founded by Burt Rutan and currently owned by Northrop Grumman. It is located...
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    The Scaled Composites ARES is a demonstrator aircraft built by Scaled Composites. ARES is an acronym for Agile Responsive Effective Support. In 1981, U...
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  • Proteus (disambiguation), several ships Proteus (watercraft), an experimental vessel developed by Marine Advanced Research Scaled Composites Proteus,...
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    Mojave Air and Space Port (category Scaled Composites)
    Altitude: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,277 m, October 25, 2000. Altitude in horizontal flight: Scaled Composites...
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    equivalent conventional design, however examples such as the Scaled Composites Proteus are capable of exceptional efficiency. The tandem layout creates...
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  • Scaled Composites Model 133-4.62 ATTT, or Advanced Technology Tactical Transport was a technology demonstration project built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites...
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    Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint venture between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 81 Catbird is a high-efficiency five-seat single-engine all-composite general aviation aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. It...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer (registered N277SF) is an aircraft designed by Burt Rutan in which Steve Fossett first flew...
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    turbine for the engine. The FJ44 first flew on July 12, 1988 on the Scaled Composites/Beechcraft Triumph aircraft. The Williams FJ33 is a newer, smaller...
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    The Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Company designation Model 158) was a twin-engine twin-boom aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company...
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    research Sawyer Skyjacker II – Low aspect ratio research aircraft Scaled Composites Proteus 1998 – Telecommunication relay testbed Schweizer SGS 1-29 1958...
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  • The Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod is an experimental flying car developed by Scaled Composites. It was the final aircraft designed by Burt Rutan prior...
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    The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The...
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    Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990s–2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White...
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    turboprop-powered General Atomics Altair. Scaled Composites Proteus The manned Scaled Composites Proteus operates at altitudes of 19.8 km (65,000 ft)...
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  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk is being flight tested on the Scaled Composites Proteus aircraft. Boeing had kept the E-10 prototype (767-400ER) at Paine...
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    needed] On August 25, 1982, Beech contracted with Scaled Composites to refine the design and build an 85% scale proof-of-concept (POC) aircraft. One of the...
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    summer of 1999 on board the Scaled Composites Proteus aircraft when it took visual and near-infrared photos from Proteus while it was flying high over...
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    high-mounted on twin tail fins to keep it clear of the engine wake. The Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo sub-orbital spaceplanes adopted twin...
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  • concepts. The first is the "Model 395", a militarized version of the Scaled Composites Proteus modified to a pure UAV configuration, with a sensor turret under...
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    The Williams V-Jet II was designed and built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites for Williams International as a test bed and demonstrator aircraft for...
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    The Scaled Composites Triumph is a twin-engine, business jet prototype designed and built by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites for Beechcraft. It was known...
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    1996, a contract was awarded to Scaled Composites, Inc., of Mojave, Calif., for the construction of three full-scale atmospheric test airframes. The first...
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    Mike Melvill (category Scaled Composites)
    pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of...
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