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    Michael Winston Melvill (born November 30, 1940, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne...
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    SpaceShipOne's first official spaceflight, known as flight 15P, was piloted by Mike Melvill. A few days before that flight, the Mojave Air and Space Port was the...
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    Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,015 m, October 25, 2000. Altitude with 1,000 kg payload: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and...
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  • Colglazier CFO: Doug Ahrens President – Safety: Mike Moses Chief pilot: Dave "Mac" Mackay Chief flight instructor: Mike "Sooch" Masucci Test pilot: Kelly Latimer...
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    flights reaching much lower altitudes. The flight carried only its pilot, Mike Melvill, who thus became the first non-governmental astronaut. This flight was...
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    SpaceShipOne on ramp before takeoff in October 2004 (L-R) Marion Blakey, Mike Melvill, Richard Branson, Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, and Allen following first...
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  • frontier. The first part of the Ansari XPRIZE requirements was fulfilled by Mike Melvill on September 29, 2004, On SpaceShipOne, a spacecraft designed by Burt...
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    sponsorship inspired by Melvill's antics with M&M's during flight 15P 7-Up Plus Champ Car World Series The SpaceShipOne pilot was Mike Melvill. There were three...
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    are supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. In 1997 Dick Rutan and Mike Melvill flew in convoy around the world in two Rutan Long-EZ aircraft that they...
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    process, exposing the blue foam core. Burt Rutan following with pilot Mike Melvill determined that Voyager was still within its performance specifications...
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