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  Tier One Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The supersonic flight regime is of primary interest during the boost phase of a flight, and the subsonic mode when gliding.
The flight simulator program drives the sensor inputs that are used by the avionics, and also drives twelve display computers which use commercial graphics software to generate high-resolution images of the outside view for the pilot.
SpaceShipOne flight 16P on September 29, 2004 and SpaceShipOne flight 17P on October 4, 2004 were successful competitive flights, winning the X Prize.
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Tier_One   (3214 words)

  
 SpaceShipOne
SpaceShipOne was a three-place, high-altitude research rocketplane, designed for sub-orbital flights to 100 km altitude.
Flight aborted to downwind for an uneventful landing.
During a portion of the boost, the flight director display was inoperative, however the pilot continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon.
www.astronautix.com /craft/spaipone.htm   (4719 words)

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