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The (still paper) Skylon proposal is a huge beastie vehicle that will need a very long, strong special runway. One nice thing about the vehicle is how it can m
by andygates 9y ago
The (still paper) Skylon proposal is a huge beastie vehicle that will need a very long, strong special runway.
One nice thing about the vehicle is how it can make a huge range of orbits by just steering the plane before its fast ascent phase. That means it could be in the UK, as some of the challenges with orbital launches are avoided.
- walshemj 9y agoShould have kept twinwoods then :-) also there is that last dich emergency abort strip for the shuttle up in Scotland.
- OrganicMSG 9y agoPrestwick. Concorde used to land there sometimes. I know someone who was in the process of landing a microlight at Prestwick when concorde had to fly in because of bad weather at Heathrow.
- skykooler 9y agoA microlight? That could probably land going crossways across that runway!