Precious Cargo
A little more history was made on October 4, 2004, than what's
so far been reported. That day will go down in history as the day
Burt Rutan and pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie captured the
X-Prize with the first privately built aircraft. But something
significant rode along in the cargo hold as ballast, creating a new
piece of history – and made a few more dreams come true.