The 48th
International Air Show Le Bourget, takes place 15-18 June 2009 for trade
visitors and 19-21 June 2009 for the general public. This year "Le Bourget
Air Show" celebrates it's 100th birthday! Men and women of many
governments and army industry are there.
The Show will mark a hundred years of technological innovation in aeronautics
and space conquest with an event that continues to look to the future of the
industry.
The
launch of a new era un space travel
The business jet sized craft is designed to carry four passengers 100 km
up into space giving more than three minutes of "zero G" or
weightlessness.
The
objective of a first flight is in 2011 from Tunisian Spaceport.
After takeoff the plane reaches an altitude of
12 km. This classical aeronautical phase can last for 45 minutes. The pilot
shuts down the jets and starts the methane oxygen rocket engine at the rear of
the vehicle. The plane then raises along a vertical trajectory. For 90 seconds
of flight with a top speed of Mach 3, the plane is rocketed upwards. The
maximum acceleration is 3 g. At an altitude of 60 km, the
rocket engine is shut down and the plane continues to climb up to a maximum
altitude of 100 km.
More Information: EADS Astrium
