PW308 to Power White Knight II
The Spaceship Company -- jointly owned by Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites -- has selected Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan to power the White Knight II (WK2) launch aircraft. Virgin Galactic has ordered five SS2s, billed as the world's first commercial passenger suborbital spaceship...
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