The Virgin Galactic WhiteKnight2 mothership "Eve" makes its first public debut at the world's largest air show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin July 27, 2009. WhiteKnight2 is the largest composite aircraft ever built and will be the aircraft that ferries the first commercial SpaceShip2 aloft for passenger flight to space.
Virgin Mothership Eve, designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Richard Branson, approaches the Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin July 27, 2009. Eve is designed to reach an altitude of 50,000 feet (15.5 km) and release Space Ship Two, which will transport passengers to space at 361,00 feet (110 km) in the future.
