World’s Largest Aircraft Seen with Engines Running and New Test Payload at Mojave.
A tip from one of the most accomplished spotters in the U.S. on Thursday, October 13, 2022, led TheAviationist to the Mojave Air & Space Port to find “Roc”, the world’s largest aircraft, the one-off Stratolaunch, outside of its massive hangar. The next day, it’s engines were seen running and the massive, twin-fuselage, six-engine aircraft had been moved well away from its hangar.
According to additional, credible sources close to the Stratolaunch project, the aircraft is being prepared for an upcoming test flight that is reported to include the separation drop-test of an unmanned Talon-A hypersonic mock-up that is being referred to as “Talon-0” for this reported upcoming test.
Stratolaunch was seen loaded with what is reported to be a drop-test mock-up of the Talon-A reusable, hypersonic launch vehicle.
The source close to the project told TheAviationist that the aircraft may be ready for flight in, “Two to three weeks”.
https://theaviationist.com/2022/10/15/stratolaunch-prepares-for-talon-drop-test/
