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October 31st - on this day in 2014, Virgin Galactic conducted a powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise spaceplane out of Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Crewed by Pilot Peter Siebold and Co-Pilot Michael Alsbury, VSS Enterprise was dropped from the VMS Eve mothership at its release altitude and the engine ignited. SpaceShipTwo features a feather system that rotates a feather flap assembly with twin tailbooms upward from the vehicle’s normal configuration of 0º to 60º in or

1.2M views · 6.9K reactions | #OTD in 1970, the F-14 flew for the first time. The plane crashed on its second test flight on December 30 when it suffered a hydraulic failure. The crew ejected safely less than 100 feet above the ground. The Tomcat would go on to operate aboard U.S. carriers from 1974 to 2006. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook