Tag Archive: Prototype

Sep 21 2017

Deuce Flight Trial 4

Everyone was excited to see the Deuce take to the skies once again, but unfortunately an oversight during the rebuild did not allow Captain Jebediah to leave the ground on his takeoff attempt

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Sep 18 2017

Deuce Ground Trial 3

After its redesign, the Deuce is ready to get back to flying assuming it can pass the same basic ground trials its been through before, but with both Captain Jebediah & Commander Valentina at the controls

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Aug 17 2017

Deuce Flight Trial 3

Captain Jebediah once again takes the Deuce for a spin to see how adjustments that have been made to the controls affect the pitch handling, and also to further investigate its left-roll tendency

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Aug 16 2017

Deuce Flight Trial 2

Captain Jebediah, most familiar with its handling after taking it up last time, flies the rebuilt & redesigned Deuce for its second trial run, fighting instability again but landing properly this time

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Aug 14 2017

Deuce Ground Trial 2

Commander Valentina takes a rebuilt Deuce through its paces on the ground similar to how Jeb tested things back in June so engineers can assure that all is ready once again for flight tests to resume

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Jun 15 2017

Deuce Flight Trial 1

Captain Jebediah flies the Deuce for the very first time, although it has been said & proven that getting up into the air is the easy part. Getting back down…

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Jun 12 2017

Deuce Ground Trial 1

Captain Jebediah gets mitts-on with the new Deuce twin-engine aircraft to put it through various tests on the ground prior to possibly being cleared for an attempt at flight

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May 11 2017

Civvie Prototype Retirement Flight

Captain Jebediah aims to set & break records as he flies the Civvie Prototype Mk2 cross-country from KSC to Kravass General Airport so it can be retired in the Air History Museum

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Apr 27 2017

Civvie Science Flight 9

Commander Valentina pilots the Civvie Prototype on an extended temperature-data gathering mission for Jeb’s Junkyard & Spaceship Parts over the area code-named Bob’s Peril

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Apr 24 2017

Civvie Science Flight 8

Commander Valentina pilots the Civvie Prototype through three waypoints for temperature data and an observation report to satisfy three contracts

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