<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aeb1be52-2132-4ff7-b80d-a92130b4c1a0/53196016-81B8-4306-BF93-EA3ECB2E137E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><P><FONT>The grin on Richard Branson's face says it all.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><FONT>Hundreds of air show spectators watched in awe as he revealed his latest toy - the WhiteKnightTwo, the aeroplane built to launch a ship in to space.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><P><FONT>It was the first glimpse the public had of the plane, which was made by Virgin Galactic as part of its effort to jump-start commercial space travel. </FONT><BR /></P><DIV class="clear"> </DIV> <A class="lightboxPopupLink" rel="WhiteKnightTwo, designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Richard Branson, approaches the Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin yesterday" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD229A000005DC-728_634x377_popup.jpg"> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeTop">Enlarge</SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlarge"></SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeButton"> </SPAN> <IMG width="634" height="377" class="blkBorder" alt="Virgin Mothership Eve, designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Richard Branson, approaches the Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin yesterday" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD229A000005DC-728_634x377.jpg" /></A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><FONT>Branson, along with engineer Burt Rutan, watched and smiled from the tarmac as the twin-fuselage craft, looking like two planes connected at the wing tips, circled the runway several times on Monday before touching down at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Air Venture annual gathering.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/DBC45CBF-A839-45CC-BC62-C526ABEDD2E7" alt="We did it: Burt Rutan, right, and Richard Branson are all smiles as the WhiteKnightTwo flies" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1202649/First-glimpse-Bransons-new-toy-The-aeroplane-built-launch-ship-space.html?ITO=1490"><P><FONT>The plan came about after Rutan partnered with Virgin Group chairman Branson. Rutan had made history in 2004 when his SpaceShipOne became the first private manned craft to reach space with help from launcher plane WhiteKnightOne. The feat earned him the $10 million Ansari X Prize.</FONT></P><DIV class="clear"> </DIV> <A class="lightboxPopupLink" rel="WhiteKnightTwo is pulled into the show grounds yesterday" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD2DB8000005DC-633_634x414_popup.jpg"> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeTop">Enlarge</SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlarge"></SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeButton"> </SPAN> <IMG width="634" height="414" class="blkBorder" alt="WhiteKnightTwo is pulled into the show grounds yesterday" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD2DB8000005DC-633_634x414.jpg" /> </A> <P class="imageCaption">WhiteKnightTwo is pulled into the show grounds yesterday</p> <P> </P><DIV class="clear"> </DIV> <A class="lightboxPopupLink" rel="Richard Branson gives a thumbs up as he gets pre-flight instructions in preparation to fly on WhiteKnightTwo yesterday" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD4AE5000005DC-731_634x486_popup.jpg"> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeTop">Enlarge</SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlarge"></SPAN> <SPAN class="clickToEnlargeButton"> </SPAN> <IMG width="634" height="486" class="blkBorder" alt="Richard Branson gives a thumbs up as he gets pre-flight instructions in preparation to fly on WhiteKnightTwo yesterday" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202649-05DD4AE5000005DC-731_634x486.jpg" /></A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/53196016-81B8-4306-BF93-EA3ECB2E137E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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