July 08, 2004Mellvill and Rutan at AirventureSpeaking of "the other convention" Mike and Burt, of SpaceShipOne fame, confirmed that they will attend, and speak, at the upcoming convention. EAA President Tom Poberezny was personally contacted by SpaceShipOne designer/builder Burt Rutan late Monday, expressing thanks for the support and congratulations from EAA following Monday's successful flight of SpaceShipOne over California. They've announced that they will be arriving in the Rutan-designed Starship, which was one of the exotic looking craft that we saw operating as "chase plane" for the historic flight. It's probably too much to expect Rutan's "spacecraft" to visit OSH this summer, since they are in the midst of final work to compete for the X-Prize, but on the other hand, Burt is well known for his dramatic gestures, so there's no telling what might happen at the last minute. |
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