spaceship one

In article , Frank Hitlaw
says...
Hi Frank
I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane .I can't believe Burt
was that unknowing about who he let on board.That is if it's true. Boy talk
about useless baggage he probably got airsick LOL!!!

I watched it on TV today and it was another great aviation event brought to us
by Burt Rutan and Company. Hats off to them all.

Thought you were in Malaysia,I just shipped a plane there.
See ya

el Pollo loco




The launch was probably better seen on TV but,there is nothing like
being there. It was a great way to spend a beautiful desert morning
along with several thousand of my closest friends. It isn't often that
you get to be an eye witness to history,I'm glad I was there.
The only downside for me was that I didn't get to see the mooz. I
think that my presence would have caused his blood pressure to rise
faster than Space Ship 1.

Frank

In article , Frank Hitlaw
says...
Hi Frank
I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane .I can't believe
Burt
was that unknowing about who he let on board.That is if it's true. Boy talk
about useless baggage he probably got airsick LOL!!!


Chuck, there you go stirring up trouble again. You KNOW he piloted the ship in
all the test runs and has over 500 hours in type. Rutan could not have done it
without zoom and tarver. Juan's BD-5 was used for

[editor's note: shovel broke at this point]


Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In article , B2431 says...
Chuck, there you go stirring up trouble again. You KNOW he piloted the ship in
all the test runs and has over 500 hours in type. Rutan could not have done it
without zoom and tarver. Juan's BD-5 was used for

[editor's note: shovel broke at this point]


Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

ROFL!! thanks Dan I needed that :-) I bet he looped rolled and spun it as well
:-)

See ya

Chuck RAH-15/1 ret

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote in message ...
In article , Frank Hitlaw
says...
Hi Frank
I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane .I can't believe Burt
was that unknowing about who he let on board.That is if it's true. Boy talk
about useless baggage he probably got airsick LOL!!!

I watched it on TV today and it was another great aviation event brought to us
by Burt Rutan and Company. Hats off to them all.

Thought you were in Malaysia,I just shipped a plane there.
See ya

el Pollo loco


I dislocated my right foot over in Indonesia and came back to
California where we have an office. Had to have a couple of surgeries
to put it back together at the local VA hospital. I should be going
back over to Indonesia in about a week or so.
Awful news nutwork reported that our favorite test pilot was the
still camera pool photog. You are correct that was a waste of space.I
was standing next to a guy that had a scanner tuned to the air to air
channel. Several times they came on and told someone to stay off that
freq and that someone kept keying a mic. I wonder......?
Did you ever send a plane to Makkassar on the island of Celebes. Due
to a traffic jam on the ramp we taxied out a back way. I looked back
as we turned and got a fleeting glimpse of a couple of light planes in
a shade hangar.Like I said it was a very fleeting look and one of them
sure looked like a Hawk,didn't see much it was dark blue and black and
in the shade but I thought that's a Hawk. Guess they know quality over
there also.

Frank "assistant stolen chicken taster" Hitlaw



The launch was probably better seen on TV but,there is nothing like
being there. It was a great way to spend a beautiful desert morning
along with several thousand of my closest friends. It isn't often that
you get to be an eye witness to history,I'm glad I was there.
The only downside for me was that I didn't get to see the mooz. I
think that my presence would have caused his blood pressure to rise
faster than Space Ship 1.

Frank

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote in message ...

I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane.

Not only that, but he's claiming to be one of the first to spot damage
to the spacecraft. It's in the headline story on ANN.

ChuckSlusarczyk wrote in message ...
In article , Frank Hitlaw
says...
Hi Frank
I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane .I can't believe Burt
was that unknowing about who he let on board.That is if it's true. Boy talk
about useless baggage he probably got airsick LOL!!!


Chuck! You are just not being fair to Zoom. After all, he is probably
the most qualified person to be in the chase plane. Remember, he *is*
a graduate of the Test Pilot School! This could come in handy, should
there be any re-entry problems, where they need Jim to "talk the pilot
back to earth". Besides, this is a risky flight, and if there were any
medical problems, Jim's extensive medical background could come in
handy too.

Thank God he was there to let mission control know they suffered some
damage on the fuselage.

In article , FlyGuy says...

Chuck! You are just not being fair to Zoom. After all, he is probably
the most qualified person to be in the chase plane. Remember, he *is*
a graduate of the Test Pilot School! This could come in handy, should
there be any re-entry problems, where they need Jim to "talk the pilot
back to earth". Besides, this is a risky flight, and if there were any
medical problems, Jim's extensive medical background could come in
handy too.

Thank God he was there to let mission control know they suffered some
damage on the fuselage.

ROFL!! good thing I wasn't drinking coffee when I read that. I guess your right
I wasn't thinking :-) They probably read his bio on one of his book covers and
wondered "where has this guy been hiding for so long?" I bet they got him for a
song. Actually I bet he was such a pest and nag the let him do it just to get
some peace and quiet. Yup ,engineer,designer,skilled parachutist, medical
Doctor,writer ,author, publisher, test pilot,savior of Bob Hoover ,Savior of
aviation, savior of the Etheopians, flight instructor,air show performer,
critic and self proclaimed conscience of homebuilt aviation. WOW what a guy and
no wonder he got to go.LOL!!! He's still a phony , now he's a phony who got a
ride in a Beech Star ship and took some pictures. He'll be bragging about this
for a long time. I'd sure like to know the rest of the story.


Wonder if he'll be on th next one or if he wore out his welcome when he started
to tell his tall tails???

Sheesh of all the photographers they got zoom.

See ya

Chuck S RAH-15/1 ret

"credibility it about credibility and he still has none" chuck s

The launch was probably better seen on TV ...

I'll credit Pat Panzera with having captured the defining picture though:
http://www.contactmagazine.com/Scale...rment-Zero.JPG

Daniel

http://www.contactmagazine.com/Scale...rment-Zero.JPG

Yuppers..... You can just imagine all those NASA and public trough
government people watching the spaceship being towed back to the hanger
by a pickup truck with a couple of average joes sitting on the
tailgate.

From: Only in America
Date: 6/22/2004 8:39 PM Central Daylight Time
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http://www.contactmagazine.com/Scale...rment-Zero.JPG

Yuppers..... You can just imagine all those NASA and public trough
government people watching the spaceship being towed back to the hanger
by a pickup truck with a couple of average joes sitting on the
tailgate.

And not wearing white overalls etc.

I think one of the tidiest actions was when the pilot left the aircraft just a
few minutes after landing unlike 20 minutes or so while the space shuttle is
purged of poisonous gasses.

I wonder how many NASA types felt as if they were slapped.

It's just so sweet

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired