{"id":18190,"date":"2019-01-10T00:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/stratolaunch-gets-worlds-biggest-airplane-ready-for-takeoff-with-136-mph-taxi-test\/"},"modified":"2019-01-10T00:13:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:13:34","slug":"stratolaunch-gets-worlds-biggest-airplane-ready-for-takeoff-with-136-mph-taxi-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/stratolaunch-gets-worlds-biggest-airplane-ready-for-takeoff-with-136-mph-taxi-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratolaunch gets world\u2019s biggest airplane ready for takeoff with 136 mph taxi test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A photo taken during a high-speed taxi test shows the nose gear on Stratolaunch\u2019s twin-fuselage airplane rising from the runway at California\u2019s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stratolaunch, the aerospace venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says its twin-fuselage, six-engine aircraft raced as fast as 136 mph down the runway at California\u2019s Mojave Air and Space Port today during its latest taxi test.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s almost takeoff speed for the world\u2019s largest airplane, which is designed to serve as a flying launch platform for orbital-class rockets.<\/p>\n

One of the pictures released in the wake of today\u2019s test run shows the plane\u2019s nose gear rising from the runway, and Stratolaunch used the hashtag #wheelie in its celebratory tweet. It\u2019s been said that one of the challenges during these high-speed tests is to keep the 385-foot-wide plane on the ground.<\/p>\n

Mojave-based Scaled Composites, which is playing a key role in building and testing the plane, joined in the Twitter celebration:<\/p>\n