Did You See This Awesome SpaceShipTwo 'Cold Flow' Glide Test Pic? Wow!
Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 10:10PM 
(click pic to enlarge) SpaceShipTwo leaving an oxidizer trail during 4.12.13 glide test
It's old news now since this Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo glide test took place on April 12, 2013, but this amazing pic showing the first glide test to include letting the nitrous oxidizer flow thru the nozzle is sure worth seeing... whether you've seen it already or not! Just to be clear, this is NOT a powered flight, the trail exiting the nozzle isn't providing thrust. However, the first actual powered flight could be happening ANY day now - some info out there suggests it will be this Monday the 29th.
I suggest you keep your avgeek (spacegeek?) eyes and ears open for this historic event... it is truly a brave new world!
check out the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo test summary page
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