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plan is to fly to an altitude of 35,000 feet, then of R2515 and the MOA 2508 on a non-interfer- Flight Research, Inc. excited to welcome Boom to this historic airfield
release the rocket, the rocket motor is lit and is ence basis. According to an online article by Flying Maga- and to outfit a space to meet their needs. We look
carrying a payload of up to 500 kilograms, or NTPS President and CEO, Dr. Allen Peterson zine, as Boom supersonic moves forward on their forward to contributing to the return of super-
about 1,100 pounds into orbit. stated in the NTPS January newsletter, “2020 is ultimate goal of building “history’s fastest su- sonic commercial air travel.”
A company Tweet stated, “Everyone is eager looking good for NTPS, with Class 2020B al- personic airliner,” the Colorado-based company FRI has plans to support this new project with
for us to conduct our launch demonstration — ready starting to fill up. announced a strategic partnership with Flight a supersonic chase plane that will also be used
us more than anyone else. Now, we’ve got the “In sports terms, it’s been a great recruiting Research, Inc. aimed at bringing test flights for for pilot proficiency training.
rocket, our airplane and all of our support equip- year here at NTPS and I am pleased to announce XB-1, Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft,
ment positioned just next to the runway from some fantastic new additions to the NTPS test to the supersonic corridor stretching across the Plane Crazy Saturday
which we’ll fly. In a very literal sense, we’re re- pilot instructor staff. We have five new test pilot Mojave Desert. Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation
ally close! instructors on-board and they are a great bunch, Scott Glaser, senior vice president of opera- celebrated the completion of ten years of Plane
“All this activity is a precursor to a short se- with tons of flight test experience, ranging from tions at FRI said, “This will be a new supersonic
ries of wet dress rehearsals, as well as one more F-35 to CH-47,” he stated. testing project for us, and we couldn’t be more Crazy Saturday in December 2019 that offered
taxi test and captive carry flight with the fully the public a chance to visit with pilots and local
loaded rocket,” the company reported in another area General Aviation aircraft. Plane Crazy Satur-
Tweet. day is a free static display of historic aircraft that
Virgin Orbit is headquartered in Long Beach, are 35 years or older and one-of-a-kind aircraft.
where the company is developing its two-stage Owners of these aircraft have the opportunity to
Launcher One launch vehicle. All rocket mo- show their airplanes 12 times per year and claim
tor testing is accomplished at the Mojave Air & a tax exemption from the county.
Space Port rocket test facilities. Each month a speaker gives a presentation in
the Mojave Air & Space Port Conference/Board
National Test Pilot School Room for a small donation to help raise money
The National Test Pilot School offers the for the museum.
best total flight test education and training in The goal of the foundation is to establish a
the world. NTPS is located in and uses the finest museum to preserve Southern California aviation,
flight test area in the United States, the R-2508 railroad, automobile and animal transportation
Complex used also by Edwards AFB and Naval history and culture.
Air Station China Lake. NTPS has modern facili- What started as simply an opportunity for in-
ties employing the latest technologies including dividual aircraft owners to meet county require-
specialized laboratories, simulators, ranges, and
telemetry systems. Many of the more than thirty ments of displaying their older aircraft for tax
aircraft operated by NTPS are instrumented for exempt status; has evolved into a monthly des-
flight test training and no other school utilizes the tination for aircraft owners and aviation buffs to
variety of specially acquired aircraft to support congregate and appreciate historic aircraft. Plane
flight test training. NTPS photograph Crazy Saturday has encouraged hundreds of
The National Test Pilot School has in place a people from as far away as Dublin, Ireland and
joint use agreement between the U.S. Air Force A MiG-21, assigned to the National Test Pilot School at the Mojave Air and Space Port, flies over Switzerland to come to Mojave and photograph
Mojave.
and the U.S. Navy to use the airspace and ranges airplanes and meet famous pilots.

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