Sounds like an uneventful maiden flight, with nothing to make it stand out from many others. The development cycle, on the other hand, sounds like something that hasn't often come out of a major manufacturer in decades, and even operations like Scaled Composites haven't gone from autocad to aerobrake in only two years any time in recent memory. Good on them! The story itself is just long enough to contain some inconsistencies. The pilot reports that the plane performed better than expected, then the story goes on to say that it flew like the simulator, closely matching predictions. The individual comments each sound great, it's just that taken together they raise an eyebrow. Let's see what happens next...
http://www.kansas.com/2013/12/12/3175403/scorpions-first-flight-is-milestone.html
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