10,000 Meters Vertical to a Perfect Landing

[Probus]

Challenge:

1. Build an aircraft/space plane that can climb VERTICALLY to 10,000 Meters.
2. At 10,000 meters, turn off SAS and RCS. Set thrust to zero. Eject all rockets used to climb to altitude (if applicable) and release all manual control. 
3. The aircraft/space plane must then glide back to Kerbin (with no intervention) and land horizontally on any land surface without damage (minor victory if aircraft makes a water landing).

Of course, no parachutes allowed, must be a horizontal landing.  Stock parts only.

The reason I came up with this challenge is to have a spaceplane that on re-entry can almost fly its way home.

Edited September 22, 2016 by Probus

[Kerbart]

Given the background if the contest, would it be beneficial to allow some minimal interaction, e.g. "Engage a specific action group once in a reasonably wide range, like "anywhere between 500 to 2500m AGL" (or maybe velocity, etc)

[Mycroft]

I got a plane that can do it... But is there a minimum distance to glide? Cause otherwise I'd just take off, climb straight up immediately, then dive right back down and land on the runway. Is that okay?

[Probus]

1 hour ago, Kerbart said:

Given the background if the contest, would it be beneficial to allow some minimal interaction, e.g. "Engage a specific action group once in a reasonably wide range, like "anywhere between 500 to 2500m AGL" (or maybe velocity, etc)

That's a good point, but to make this challenge a bit harder, I'd like to keep the "hands-off" approach.

44 minutes ago, Mycroft said:

I got a plane that can do it... But is there a minimum distance to glide? Cause otherwise I'd just take off, climb straight up immediately, then dive right back down and land on the runway. Is that okay?

The plane has to land itself with no autopilot or manual intervention.  You've got a plane that can do that?

[Probus]

Success!! Wasn't sure if I could do it.  Balance is key!  Video to follow.  Landed only meters from the KSC.

[Probus]

Excuse my newbness when it comes to recording video...  What's an easy way to record a video to get it on YouTube?