Whiteknight - Space Ship One Racing and Unusual Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter airplane model

Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter airplane model

resulting in a 23 ft 4 in lengthening of the fuselage and the addition of inflight refueling capability

Its impressive design will make a lasting impression and turn any space into an aerial masterpiece

equipped additionally with heat-seeking Sidewinder missiles

instead the first to fly was a production standard aircraft

Whiteknight - Space Ship One Racing and Unusual Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter airplane modelHistory was made when the world's first privately built spaceship, SpaceShip One, left the Civilian Flight Test Center at Mojave, California, attached to the belly of the White Knight. After circling to 47,000 feet, SpaceShip One was released and pilot Mike Melvill fired its rocket, boosting it to over 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, qualifying it as the world's first privately built spaceship. Mahogany Wood. Scale: 1 48.