Who is White Knight?
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Who is White Knight?
At the STN rwy 04 hold the other morning and had to wait for 'White Knight' who had called 7 miles. After what seemed like hours, something resembling a puddle jumper like a PA28 merged out of the gloom and landed.
Who is White Knight???
Who is White Knight???
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The only aircraft officially known as "White Knight" without any other attributes belongs to Scaled Composites and looks, typically, like more-or-less nothing else. But they just might take forever to cover 7 miles.
Scaled Composites: SpaceShipOne
some pictures are here.
As far as I know, the WN is occasionally leased to companies needing it for research&development activities. But whatever it might want at STN of all places, I can't fathom. Nor does it really match your description. Hope someone else knows better.
Scaled Composites: SpaceShipOne
some pictures are here.
As far as I know, the WN is occasionally leased to companies needing it for research&development activities. But whatever it might want at STN of all places, I can't fathom. Nor does it really match your description. Hope someone else knows better.
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We (midlands) get the odd "whiteknight" callsign come in occaisionally. They use a DA42 twinstar with yellow winglets and tailets.
I'm afraid beyond that, I cant help with who the operator is; it is civilian though.
I'm afraid beyond that, I cant help with who the operator is; it is civilian though.
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3SDL is pleased to announce that we have been selected as the winner of a UK MoD contract to provide ...... and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) emulation in support of 2 major live exercises later this year.
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White Knight is the ICAO registered telephony callsign of Gamston based Diamond Executive Aviation, AOC 2339, three letter code WKT, operator of DA42s
http://www.diamond-executive.aero/
http://www.diamond-executive.aero/
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Spittoon, that really is a hilarious bit of topsy-turvey doublespeak, isn't it?
In this age of advanced technology the MoD, who are using UAVs to emulate manned aircraft are employing manned aircraft to "emulate" UAVs in exercises...
I thought they were supposed to have - er - UAVs to do that?
Pure Alice in Wonderland!
In this age of advanced technology the MoD, who are using UAVs to emulate manned aircraft are employing manned aircraft to "emulate" UAVs in exercises...
I thought they were supposed to have - er - UAVs to do that?
Pure Alice in Wonderland!
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