The Tea Cart rocket @ XCOR
XCOR's rocket plane, the EZ-Rocket, from the rear, with the cowling off.
XCOR's rocket plane, the EZ-Rocket, from the rear, with the cowling off.
Munchies at 05:00 being eyed by Mouser. They make his eyes <b>glow</b>!
EZ-Rocket FAQ
Aleta Jackson (shadow) makes more munchies at 05:00, with the Tea Cart Rocket to help cook the bacon! MMmmmmmm, crunchy!
Early morning arrivals from Cisco.
Me, Howard Shubs (denim) by the EZ-Rocket. Note my glowing shoes! Contact New Balance and ask 'em about the glowing 587 model if you're interested.
The screen door in the hanger doors, from the outside. That's redwood in the doors. This hanger was built in the early 1940s.
Some of the distant boneyard, in the dark.
Shadows lurk around corners.
Good thing we had a full moon, since this light was off.
There were a set of F-4 fighter jets on the flight line.
F-4s with mountains in the distance at dawn.
The Sheriff had his eye on us. And on them people over there. And that group over yonder. I suspect he was having a busy day.
F-4s and an airliner with the mountains at dawn.
XCORians and visitors. That's Aleta with the flag.
Aleta and others
The Rutan-designed Beechcraft Starship, flies above the Mojave boneyard.
The Rutan-designed Beechcraft Starship.
The Rutan-designed Beechcraft Starship.
The Rutan-designed Beechcraft Starship.
White Knight carries SpaceShipOne to its launch height.
A light. Oh, and the White Knight with SpaceShipOne is escorted by the Beechcraft Starship ever higher.
A light. Oh, and the White Knight with SpaceShipOne is escorted by the Beechcraft Starship ever higher.
White Knight with SpaceShipOne is escorted by the Beechcraft Starship ever higher.
White Knight with SpaceShipOne is escorted by the Beechcraft Starship ever higher.
A 5MP camera with a 3X zoom just doesn't do a good job of snapping a picture of White Knight/SSO with its escort when they're miles up in the air.
The Alpha jet flies above the desert.
SSO is almost on the ground, with the boneyard in the background. With the past behind it, the future is coming in for a landing.