Spaceship One Wins X-Prize with Matco Aircraft Landing Systems Wheels & Brakes

Matco Aircraft Landing Systems W50LN WHEELS & BRAKES STOP SPACESHIP ONE ON HISTORIC RETURN FROM SPACE

Matco Aircraft Landing Systems offers congratulations to the team at Scaled Composites for their historic manned space flight completed today. The space vehicle, SpaceShip One, used a pair of specially modified MATCO wheels, brakes, and custom axles for the historic mission. It was especially gratifying to see this important milestone captured by the innovative efforts of Scaled Composites. The modified WHLW50L wheels and brakes developed for this vehicle were delivered on-time to support the early testing of the vehicle.

We are proud of the support our products provided to the completion of the flight and look forward to the further conquests of space by Scaled Composites!

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