SpaceShipOne Videos featuring Mike Mevill (pilot) At The Wright-Patterson AFB 2006

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The players provided should give you the best viewing over the Internet, but you can also D/L or play the video in your favorite player - using the links provided. Unless you have a really FAST Internet connection, I would NOT recommend starting both video players at the same time. If you are using a slower connection, be aware of how long it will take to download, and the difficulty in viewing. Most of you should notice immediate video streaming as soon as the buffers are loaded, regardless of connection speed. Please be reminded that a broadband connection is the best way to view these...but there is no harm in trying! Enjoy!

Melvill exits SpaceShipOne's mothercraft onto the tarmac.
This is only 270 KB in size, and easily downloaded thru dialup.

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Alternate software link to EXIT video.

See 360 degree view (animated GIF) of SpaceShipOne!!! This will DISPLAY on its own special page. It is 1.7 Megs in size, please allow enough time for it to load. (5-10 minutes) Feel free to roam about the new page while it loads. Once loaded, the crisp 1/2 page 360 degree show should display rather smoothly. (Tom's version of high tech.) <g> Ulead GIF Animator was used in the design.

A very interesting talk by Mike Melvill, the pilot, as he talks to the audience OUTSIDE before departing - about HOW MUCH SpaceShipOne weighs, and his experiences during the flight. This is a bit longer in playback (12:29 mins) than typical Internet video. Please be patient if the camera person is getting situated during recording. (I wanted you to hear the whole thing.) There is another talk INSIDE you can listen to.

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Outside Talk Video

 
Have a closer look through our slides.
 

Melvill's OUTSIDE talk so you can personally D/L it into your favorite player or software as MP3. File is 5.8 Megs. You can opt to play this instead, if you have trouble with the video.

Here is the VIDEO download of the outside talk, for devices such as your default software.

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These are slides to go with the audio.

 Listen to Melvill's talk after he arrives in the hanger of Wright Patterson AFB. SUGGESTION: Although the webmaster cleaned up the audio for general playback...depending on your system and speakers, you can EQUALIZE further by playing back in WINAMP in the LARGE HALL setting, or in MS Media Player as OPERA. Pick a similar preset if using a different player, for best playback. Although a little echoey...I thought we should include it as part of the event. Tom, the webmaster tried cleaning up the audio from a video - where Mevill is mostly blocked by heads during that time. Your webmaster has included stills of the talk - plus others, so you have a general idea of what it was like.

Listen In Default Player

Sorry for for the echoed quality of the audio, it was recorded in a hanger, and not at the mic...but it was the best that could be recorded under the circumstances. A better recorded speech is the one OUTSIDE, which contains similar information - on this page. You can either choose to try equalization, or just go with my boosted middle range playback, to try and bring the voice volume forward. I thought it was important enough to include it for historical purposes, etc. Perhaps you can hear it better than most. <g> You can always choose to use your own software, on the link provided. A setting of OPERA works best, in my opinion, if using MS Media Player equalization manually. You'll get different results depending on your own sound system.

SpaceShipOne under the White Knight arrives at Wright Patterson.

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LANDING Video Text Link

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