The largest aircraft in the world is for sale
Shortly after the aircraft took off for the first Time, threatens the company behind the. The lender has tendered STRATO launch for sale.
82 years is the Spruce Goose kept its record. The legendary aviation entrepreneur Howard Hughes personally piloted the H-4, hopped only with the help of the ground effect briefly in the air and flew after that, never again. Nevertheless, the huge flying boat was with a wingspan of almost 98 meters until recently considered to be the largest ever flown a plane call.
The title of the spruce goose – had to; so the nickname translates as – is; this year give. 13. April stood with the STRATO-launch. A plane with 118 meters of wingspan, which, among Other things, with Parts and engines of two former Boeing 747 was built, and in the future launchers for small satellites in the stratosphere heave to. However, the aircraft could suffer the exact same fate as the Hughes H-4, and the single flight never lift it again.
Disagreements in Management
Already in may, rumors came that the operator STRATO launch system is. After the main donor, Paul Allen, had died, gave the company plans to develop its own missile systems, and line 50. That STRATO launch system will close the company denied at the time. In the future, they wanted to focus solely on the operation of the carrier aircraft, and on an existing rocket to fall back.
The Investment group of Vulcan, behind the Paul Allen has announced the plane is now for sale. For $ 400 million, the group is currently seeking a new operator for the aircraft, reported the news channel CNBC, referring to internal sources. The exact reasons for the sale are as yet unclear, however it should have within the management of STRATO launch system, disagreements about the continuation of the program given.
The future of other Newspace company?
The aircraft is to be kept for sale capable of flight. It is offered with all the necessary facilities, as well as patents. As a possible prospective up and coming Private space companies shall apply so far. To which the Tesla-founder Elon Musk launched Space X, Blue Origin, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson's Virgin group.
The hottest candidate so far, acted with Richard Branson. The entrepreneur already operates with Virgin Galactic, Virgin Orbit and The Spaceship Company three aerospace companies. In the case of the latter, the group relies so far on a similar concept as STRATO-launch. It is based on a carrier plane, the heaves just like the STRATO launch smaller spacecraft for Launch into the stratosphere. Virgins planes are also for the most part, just like the STRATO launch from the forge of the special plane is specialized manufacturer Scaled composites.
Richard Branson wants to get to the record plane as a gift
Meanwhile, Space X and Blue Origin reusable and significantly larger carrier rockets, which stand out like classic missile independently from the ground. However, the entrepreneur is, according to the news channel CNBC is not willing to pay for the giant plane. According to a the matter to a familiar Person, Branson is supposed to have for the Adoption of the programme STRATO launch a bid for a symbolic US Dollar made.