Posted on April 27, 2012, at 12:06 pm .
The hangar where Alex Tai's company will house its jets was the site of a robotics competition last Saturday. (Credit: Douglas Messier)
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
A company led by the Virgin Group’s Director of Special Projects Alex Tai is the Mojave Air and Space Port’s newest tenant.
Last week, the East Kern Airport District Board of Directors authorized Mojave Air & Space Port CEO Stu Witt to finalize a lease for Tai’s company, Super Sonic Jet, Inc., of Nevada. Tai plans to house a small fleet of Eastern Bloc fighters in Building 70, a hangar adjacent to the airport’s Administration building.
Continue reading ‘Virgin Group’s Alex Tai to Set Up Shop in Mojave’
Posted on March 17, 2009, at 8:39 pm .
An interesting story on the Air & Space website about former space shuttle pilot Robert “Hoot” Gibson – who has flown four shuttle missions and a total of 111 types of aircraft. In spite of all that, it seems he can’t get a job flying tourists on short jaunts into space:
Continue reading ‘Ah Hoot, If You Had Only Landed a Plane in the Hudson….’
Posted on February 24, 2008, at 12:31 am .
Virgin’s Galactic has a 5-5 plan for its growth – order five additional spacecraft from Scaled Composites and turn a profit within five years beginning suborbital tourism launches in 2010.
“In the short term, we have firm orders for five spaceships and options for seven … We believe there is a very strong market,” said Virgin Galactic Director Alex Tai during an appearance at the Singapore Airshow.
Read the full Reuters story here. Public Radio also has a short piece about Virgin Galactic, which you can listen to here.
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