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Topic: SpaceShipOne flown covers: No. of postmarks
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cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-12-2015 12:02 PM
   
Regency Superior auctions at one of their latest auctions sold two SpaceShipOne covers. Mike Melvill wrote to me that covers like the ones with two postmarks were flown in a pocket of the pilots’ flight suits during the two X-Prize flights. I am wondering what about the ones with three postmarks? I assume they also flew with both X-Prize flights and not with the first SpaceShipOne flight reaching space on June 21, 2004. Can anybody of you help me to solve this question?  
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-14-2015 11:35 AM
At the post-flight press conference on June 21, 2004, Mike Melvill said that the only memorabilia that was aboard SpaceShipOne for its first spaceflight were his wife's silver horseshoe lapel pin, a bag of multi-color, candy-coated chocolates (M&Ms) and patches for the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and for Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne test program (which he wore).It wasn't until the X Prize flights did Scaled, Melvill and Brian Binnie begin to fly additional memorabilia, including covers, postcards, at least one teddy bear, among other items. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 12-17-2015 10:39 AM
Michael Melvill revealed that he carried 10 covers in a pocket of his flight suit on 06/21/2004. They all still were in possession of his family. As by now I do not know, how these covers look like. With Robert's information we can assume that both covers shown were flown on both X-Prize flights, only. | |
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