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Zombie stars and the corporatization of the galaxy Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic will possibly join on a suborbital flight aboard the VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane more than two weeks before Bezos' flight, Parabolic's Douglas Messier reports.
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Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 9 June 2021
Virgin Galactic suffered its own casualty in 2014 when its rocket plane broke apart during a test flight, killing one pilot.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
That suggests the company will need north of $1 billion to develop and manufacture its new rocket planes while flying its existing fleet on a regular basis.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 29 June 2023
Test pilot Joe Walker flew the X-15 rocket plane to the rim of space.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
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Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 9 June 2021
Virgin Galactic suffered its own casualty in 2014 when its rocket plane broke apart during a test flight, killing one pilot.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
That suggests the company will need north of $1 billion to develop and manufacture its new rocket planes while flying its existing fleet on a regular basis.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 29 June 2023
Test pilot Joe Walker flew the X-15 rocket plane to the rim of space.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocket plane
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That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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All 181 passengers and crew aboard a passenger jet that crashed upon landing in South Korea on Sunday morning are presumed dead except for two people rescued from the wreckage, authorities said.Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Image Days after, on Sept. 20, Israeli jets struck a building in Beirut where commanders of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force were meeting in a bunker, killing several of them along with Ibrahim Aqeel, the head of Hezbollah’s military operations.Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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Those advantages also have a downside: ramjets are entirely ineffective at low speeds and are often accompanied by turbojets to handle subsonic flight, where the airspeed isn't enough to feed air-hungry ramjet engines.New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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“Rocket plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocket%20plane. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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