We've gained NASA confirmation that the SNC Dream Chaser ETA vehicle recently completed a *second* Captive Carry test and is now preparing for the big milestone of the free flight Approach and Landing #2 (ALT-2) test in the second half of October!
Any bird can have a bad day.
Ready in case they need a pilot.
Quote from: JAFO on 10/18/2017 08:03 pmReady in case they need a pilot.Is he inflatable??
Quote from: Rocket Science on 10/19/2017 02:47 pmQuote from: JAFO on 10/18/2017 08:03 pmReady in case they need a pilot.Is he inflatable??Before and after pics from 12 years of long haul flying have proven it to be the case. (We serve excellent brownies in upper class, and sometimes the FAs make me eat the leftovers.)
Quote from: Rocket Science on 10/19/2017 02:47 pmQuote from: JAFO on 10/18/2017 08:03 pmReady in case they need a pilot.Is he inflatable?? The preferred aerospace term is expandable, not inflatable (ask Bigelow). Just like barges with thrusters are ships (ask Musk).
Quote from: JAFO on 10/18/2017 08:03 pmReady in case they need a pilot.Make sure you get plenty of practical experience in landing without engines. If anyone complains, or screams, just point out it's for science!
Quote from: rayleighscatter on 10/20/2017 11:19 pmQuote from: JAFO on 10/18/2017 08:03 pmReady in case they need a pilot.Make sure you get plenty of practical experience in landing without engines. If anyone complains, or screams, just point out it's for science!Whenever I needed a check-ride I would go up with an instructor and while in the circuit on the downwind leg he would pull the power to idle and state "engine failure"... My eyes would light-up and a smile spread across my face as I made the turn towards the runway for a gentle touch down on the mains. As we taxied back to the ramp he would call me "weird" as most other pilots would be soaked in sweat after the exercise to which I would respond "No big deal, the Shuttle lands dead-stick every time" and besides I had glider experience...
I thought cargo DC was unpiloted. Why are a bunch of pilots hanging out in this party thread? OK hotshots... I'm not a pilot but who knows what I'm sitting in?
I thought cargo DC was unpiloted. Why are a bunch of pilots hanging out in this party thread?
OK hotshots... I'm not a pilot but who knows what I'm sitting in?