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Spaceship carrying Richard Branson flew off course, FAA is investigating
During the historic spaceflight of Sir Richard Branson in July, near the end of the burn of the VSS Unity spacecraft's engine, a red light appeared on a console. This alerted the crew to an "entry glide-cone warning." Pilots Dave Mackay and Mike Masucci faced a split-second decision: kill the rocket motor or take immediate action to address their trajectory problem. This scenario is outlined in a new report by Nicholas Schmidle, a writer with more insight into Virgin Galactic than… (arstechnica.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"Possible pilot deviation, I got a phone number for you when you are ready."
Not sure what you mean.
Must not be a pilot.
I'm not a pilot either. But here's a nice page that explains it and more. https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/pilot-deviations/
Best comment ever.
Sounds to me like the issue was that the pilots should have aborted and didn't. I'm not smart enough to know how much risk was involved in over-riding the abort. I'm glad the flight was a success. I hope Scott Manley does a video about this on YouTube. His analyses of these types of things is always very interesting and informative.