Airbus drop test spacecraft model

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Airbus' idea of a spaceplane came a little closer to fruition with a successful drop test of a scale model today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2768...

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tapkaJohnD said:

Quote "It involved a helicopter lifting the model off a barge and then carrying it aloft."

Concorde started with models being chucked out of a helicopter ( though they didn't go all the way to Singapore to do it )