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PRESS RELEASE
XCOR EZ-Rocket to Participate at
AirVenture 2002;
Dick Rutan and EZ-Rocket to Fly at EAA's 50th
Mojave, CA, Monday, June 10, 2002:XCOR Aerospace announced
today that the XCOR EZ-Rocket will participate in the Experimental
Aircraft Association (EAA) "AirVenture Oshkosh 2002" July 23
through 29 at Wittman Field in Oshkosh, WI. Plans are underway to
determine the schedule for flight demonstrations of the EZ-Rocket. This
will be the first public demonstration of the rocket powered vehicle
outside of test flights at the Mojave, CA facility. When not flying, the
EZ-Rocket will be on display at AeroShell Square.
We are really looking forward to participating at EAA's Air Venture
2002," said Jeff Greason, XCOR's CEO. "This marks EAA's 50th
Anniversary year and we are pleased to be a part of it. The EZ-Rocket
shows there remains a strong link between general aviation and our
continued quest for space tourism," said Greason.
Piloting the EZ-Rocket will be test pilot Dick Rutan, LTC, USAF Ret.
Rutan is a decorated combat pilot and is world renowned for the non-stop,
round the world Voyager flight. The EZ-Rocket is America's first
privately built, liquid fueled, rocket powered airplane and has set major
milestones demonstrating routine operations of a rocket powered vehicle.
Sponsorship and investment packages are now available for the
EZ-Rocket.
XCOR Aerospace is a California corporation located in Mojave, California.
The company is in the business of developing and producing safe, reliable
and reusable rocket engines and rocket powered vehicles.