Monday 7 May 2012

Virtus

The last Space Shuttle has made its final flight atop the specially modified 747 used to ferry it from landing filed to launch centre, but during the development stage, the Jumbo wasn't the only alternative.  Conroy Aircraft's idea was to use a twin-hulled aircraft made out of a pair of B-52 fuselages.

It's one of those schemes that keeps popping up.  Why?  I have no idea
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  1. AnonymousWednesday, May 16, 2012

    As a matter of fact, this idea is being proposed AGAIN today. . .sort of. Actually, the plan is to use a giant twin-fuselage plane (built by none other than Burt Rutan) to launch tourist-carrying spacecraft into orbit, as sort of a giant-sized version of SpaceShipOne and White Knight.

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