Beskrivning : The White Knight carrier airplane was designed around the twin afterburning J-85 engines, which were selected for their availability and low cost. The aircraft was a completely new independent design. White Knight and SpaceShipOne shared the same forward fuselage outer mold line (OML) to reduce development costs and with the original intent to allow for White Knight to act as a flying simulator for training SpaceShipOne pilots.
With White Knight developed and evaluated, on April 18, 2003, White Knight and SpaceShipOne were presented to the media.

Mojave post stamp.

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WHITE KNIGHT 1 (LAUNCH AIRCRAFT) · SPACE SHIP ONE VIRGIN (SUBORBITAL SPACE PLANE) · 1ST PRIVATE MANNED MISSIONS TO SPACE