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Old 7th October 2024 | 12:47
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This popped up on my Facebook feed today.
Anyone got any inside knowledge of this?
Odd that it has apparently made it to the flight test stage with a jet powered prototype with very little publicity.

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Flight test stage? Where?
Jet powered prototype? Where?
All I see is a lot of fanciful CGI and possibly some carefully structured photos of a radio controlled model aeroplane, likely with fixed undercarriage.

Some prototype.

Some unsubstantiated hype!
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Anyone remember the title-sequence from Fireball XL5?


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Originally Posted by meleagertoo
Flight test stage? Where?
Jet powered prototype? Where?
All I see is a lot of fanciful CGI and possibly some carefully structured photos of a radio controlled model aeroplane, likely with fixed undercarriage.

Some prototype.

Some unsubstantiated hype!
Exactly.
Which is why I asked if anyone had any information.
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It looks like the wide fuselage is custom tailored for some specific payload? ISS will be gone when this is ready. Is there any huge civil space telescope coming up?
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