That story was one of the greatest ones I have ever see ! What Dick R. did with NO gov help is just super> I'd bet there is much more testing to be done. 63 miles is a high aim and my hat is off to his team for what they are doing. I wondered after watching this, will the gov try to get in on this for the research? I think there are plans to run this show again at a different dated this month. All SHOULD look for it. Thanks God, He is a US citizen, a great man ! Bob BOB FLETCHER US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MILITARY DESIGN SECTION 10th FLOOR S.W. SACRAMENTO DISTRICT 1325 J STREET, SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA, 95814-2922 Phone (916) 557-7235 -----Original Message----- From: Alireza Alivandivafa [mailto:DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:30 AM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: re Mojave airport Nah, they are just stored there like so many other older planes. MHV is one of the biggest parking places known, in the middle of the CA high desert so those planes are well preserved In a message dated 10/4/2004 9:20:23 AM Central Daylight Time, mpanitz@xxxxxxxx writes: I was watching the news about spaceship one taking off, but I also noticed a whole of other aircraft they look like DC10s ) in the background some even looked like they are foreign aircraft. as well what are they doing there?are they charters? did they fly to watch this spaceship take off?