Along the way it will also fly by zip wire from the Tyne Bridge, cross Loch Ness and visit landmarks including the Giant's Causeway and Stonehenge.

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But it is hard to see American continuing that when it also will fly to London and several other European capitals from nearby Charlotte, N.

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It said it will fly twice daily between Aberdeen and Bristol, and also between Manchester and Antwerp in Belgium.

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Passengers will ride the rocket plane for the fun of it, but scientists would use it for the same reasons they also fly experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) or on sounding rockets - to access microgravity conditions.

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