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Scaled Composites
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Model 429 “Dash-1” made its first flight on February 6, 2020 – using a catapult launch to get it airborne! With a 9.5-foot wingspan, this #UAV was built to demonstrate a new construction technique.

#FirstFlightFridays #experimentalaircraft #unmanned #rapiddevelopment #OTD
Dash-1, a see-through UAV with visible internal structure flies against a blue sky.
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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January 31, 2008, marks the first manned flight of an aircraft powered by a Pulse Detonation Engine with a modified Long-EZ we call the Borealis PDE.

Learn more: scaled.com/portfolio/bo...

#FirstFlightFridays #AlternatePropulsion #PulseDetonation #LongEZ #FlightTest
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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#FlashbackFriday to when we got amazing pictures of Proteus and a Model 401 over Lake Mead on the way to Las Vegas for Aviation Nation! No, this picture isn’t AI – when aircraft are designed around specific missions we end up with unique configurations.

#Photography #Airplanes

📸: Tyson Rininger
Two aircraft fly over the water of Lake Mead. One aircraft is white with very spindly wings and canards, two engines, and circle windows. The second aircraft is gray with a v-tail and angled up wings.
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Don’t have your Valentine picked out for tomorrow? Here’s a few airplane themed ones to help you prepare! 💌

#greetingcards #valentines #valentinescards #valentinesday
A set of three airplane themed valentine cards. The first says "can i fly into your heart" with an underneath view of the Model 437 Vanguard and heart shaped smoke coming from its exhaust. The second features a flying wing UAV that says "let's dash into love." The third has a picture of the Orbital Pegasus Rocket over a graphic of the earth and starts saying "you send me to orbit" A set of three airplane themed valentine cards. The first says "i'd fly around the world for you" with a picture of the GlobalFlyer aircraft above a graphic of the earth. The Second has SpaceShipOne and star graphics saying "you put the stars in my eyes". The third have a picture of the Stratolaunch Roc aircraft and says "I love you thiiiiiiiiiiiis much!" A set of four airplane themed valentine cards. The first says "let's be friends" featuring BiPod, a flying car with two separate fuselages for people to sit in. The second is the Raptor D-1 UAV with a pilot sitting astride it like a horse and says "will you be my safety pilot?" The third is the Triumph business jet, a white aircraft with a canard, back swept wings, and T shaped tail. It says "you are a triumph" The fourth features a spindly looking UAV that says "Love is Free(wing)" A set of three airplane themed valentine cards. The first has Microlight, a white triangle shaped plane with large canards and says "you make my heart micro-light!" The second features a v-tail white airplane with blue stripes and forward swept wing called V-Jet II and says "my engines run on your love" the third features a grey triangle shaped airplane with canards called ARES, saying "I Canard wait to go on a date"
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Old School made its first flight on February 9, 2010!

Initially intended to be a UAV, Scaled designed an optionally-manned aircraft to quickly to get the aircraft to flight and start collecting test data!

#FirstFlightFridays #OldSchool #experimentalaircraft

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A white aircraft with long thin wings and a connected bronco tail flying over the desert.
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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In January of 1990, ATTT made what was intended to be its final flight to land at Edwards Air Force Base and join the Flight Test Museum’s collection. In 1991, Scaled reactivated ATTT to conduct a flight test research mission for a new customer!

#FirstFlightFridays #flighttest
Pilots Mike Melvill and Fitz Fulton walking in front of twin-engine ATTT aircraft after landing at Edwards Air Force Base.
January 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM