Topic summary
White Knight Two
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Scaled Composites White Knight Two.
Design
White Knight Two is roughly three times larger than White Knight in order to perform a captive flight with the larger SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. The WK2 is similar in wingspan to a Boeing B-29 Superfortress (141 ft 3 in (43.05 m)). White Knight Two is a modern aircraft, as even the flight control cables are constructed of carbon fiber, using a new patented design.