Isaac AlexanderHappy place! Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field.
@ikluft Question. So how many replica’s are there of Space Ship One? I forgot there was two in my area. One at Flying Heritage, the other at the Museum of Flight. There’s one in Mojave I think you told me. The real one is in downtown DC at Air and Space. Trying to think of other places.
Ian Kluft ✅✈️🎈🌋@JetCityStar 5 SpaceShipOne replicas were made from the same molds as the original.Sometimes its tricky to follow moves. Original SS1 is at Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in downtown Washington DC.
Replicas:
* One stayed at Mojave Air & Space Port
* Bakersfield Airport BFL terminal representing Kern County
* EAA Museum, Oshkosh
* Flying Heritage Collection, Everett (because Paul Allen funded SS1)
* Museum of Flight, Seattle (originally at Google, then Chabot Science Center, Oakland)
@JetCityStar During @Leighton's visit to America this past Summer, I showed him the SpaceShipOne replica in Mojave and you showed us the one at Museum of Flight. At the time I wasn't aware that one had been moved from Chabot Center in Oakland. MoF is a much more fitting location. That one was purchased by Google back when they tried to be cool. After displaying it in an office building, they got bored and donated it to the Chabot Space & Science Center, who couldn't fund a proper display.
@JetCityStar @Leighton Of course I've told you I was there to see all three of SpaceShipOne's space flights at Mojave in 2004. Some pics from Oct 4, 2004 when SS1 won the X-Prize (for 2 crewed flights above 100km/328,084ft with the same spacecraft within 14 days) and beat the X-15 winged-flight altitude record.
Trivia: the tail number N328KF represented the goal altitude 328,000ft (K=thousand) because reg number N100KM was already taken by a glider.
Trivia: the tail number N328KF represented the goal altitude 328,000ft (K=thousand) because reg number N100KM was already taken by a glider.
