Is he the pilot?
Who was the guy that did that balloon trip thing then disappeared?
Hope it goes well.
Don’t know. Could be automated from the moment the launch plane drops the rocket?
Only vaguely recall the balloon escapade.
I’m a lot of help, aren’t I? :-)
He’s NOT the pilot. He has a pilot & copilot who have both done test flights in Unity. Branson will be joined by a Virgin Galactic engineer, one of the VG vice presidents in charge of government affairs and research ops (a rather cute young woman of Indian descent) and their director of astronaut training (a very ‘not guilty’ blonde).
Branson DID do a couple of balloon voyages, (which didn’t end all that well). But the guy you are thinking of was Steve Fossett. He was a pilot and sailor extraordinaire who held several world records, many of which still stand today. Fossett did have a tie-in with Branson, in that he piloted the ‘Virgin Global Flyer’, a jet that circumnavigated the globe without refueling.
For all his success, Branson also seems to have bad luck with some of his adventures. I just hope that bad luck doesn’t follow him to this.
On there is a pilot, Branson was a passenger with 5 other people.