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É il white knight 2 all'ennesima potenza, lancerà un razzo vettore chiamato thunderbolt
Built for Stratolaunch by Scaled Composites, the Roc will be the largest aircraft ever made with a wingspan of 385 ft. This compares to 320 ft for the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose), 290 ft for the six-engined Antonov An-225, 262 ft. for the Airbus A380, and 225 ft. for the Boeing 747-8. Powered by six reconditioned Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines salvaged along with other parts from two ex-United Airlines Boeing 747-400s, the twin-fuselage carrier aircraft resembles a vastly enlarged version of the Scaled-built WhiteKnightTwo developed for Virgin Galactic.
Questa specie di mostro volante è vicino ad essere completato, diverse parti di esso sono state prese da un paio di 747 dismessi.
At the time of the tour last week, company officials said the aircraft was about three-quarters complete: 76 percent complete, one person said, although they didn’t elaborate on exactly how that was calculated. The tail assembly, or empennage, for the left fuselage was in place, while components for the right empennage were lying on the hangar floor, waiting to be assembled and hoisted into place.
