Virgin Galactic Gearing Up for First SpaceShipTwo Captive Flight

It looks as if SpaceShipTwo will fly soon.

The latest log entry on the Scaled Composites website shows a nearly 4-hour flight of the WhiteKnightTwo mother ship on March 4 that tested the launch pylon for the space plane:

Objectives:
Nosegear mod evaluation
Pylon evaluation
ECS evaluation

Results:
Objectives met. Successful evaluation of launch pylon effect on aircraft performance, handling and controls. Fired pylon mechanism in flight for first time.

Meanwhile, there was this Tweet yesterday from Ian Kluft:

spotter reports say Scaled WhiteKnight2 + SpaceShip2 out on ramp at #Mojave Air & Space Port

Last month, Virgin Galactic Commercial Director Stephen Attenborough said the first SpaceShipTwo captive flight would take place by the end of March.