Stratolaunch Update: Talon-A

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Ken "Primetime" Katz revisits our friends at Stratolunch to learn about their first powered flight of the Talon-A, an autonomous, reusable testbed advancing hypersonic flight testing.

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0:00.0	I will say it's the most successful first flight of a hypersonic system I've ever been involved in.
0:05.2	Every first flight there's significant learning and you don't necessarily reach all of your objectives.
0:10.3	In this case though, privately developed aircraft on a rapid development timeline had an amazingly successful first flight.
0:17.5	Really proud of the team for that. Stand behind. I'm working at 0.5 close.
0:23.0	I was driving a tip on a counter charge.
0:25.0	Another sandwich.
0:27.0	Another sandwich.
0:28.0	Another sandwich.
0:29.0	Go fishing. Roger head.
0:30.0	Get me on.
0:31.0	Quick. Somebody got hit on your order. Oh, 100th! Get out of here. Quick. Somebody got hit on your wall.
0:33.0	Get out of here.
0:34.0	Gosh, stop getting the turbine!
0:36.0	Don't find it me boys.
0:39.0	Welcome to the Fighter Pilot Podcast, the Internet show that explores the fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft,
0:45.2	the weapon systems, and most importantly, the people and today, Ken Katz, the technology.
0:50.7	We're back with you and talking about some pretty exciting tech.
0:54.0	Yeah, it was definitely interesting to follow up on our earlier episode with Strato Launch and you know when we last talk with them,
1:02.0	they had some big things in the offing and since
1:04.4	then they've done their first powered flight so I wanted to follow up with them and
1:07.6	discuss that. That's right well because we've had an interview or episode I
1:11.8	should say on straddle Launch we've had episodes on
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