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  Pilot profile: Virgin Galactic chief pilot, Dave Mackay Dave Unwin 0 Published:   10:52 AM November 19, 2021 Virgin Galactic Chief Pilot Dave Mackay   - Credit: Virgin Galactic Richard Branson was chauffeured into space by a man whose piloting experience spans the whole era of wing-borne powered flight − everything from Blériot, WWI biplanes, WWII warbirds and Boeing 747s to... yes; spaceships When Virgin Galactic seriously got going, Dave was invited to be its test pilot   - Credit: Virgin Galactic Unless you’ve been living on the Moon, it can’t have escaped your attention that on Sunday 11 July, Virgin Galactic founder and serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s childhood dream came true, when he flew into space aboard the VSS Unity. This is a Virgin Galactic spaceship commanded by VG’s Chief Pilot and the subject of this Pilot Profile, Dave Mackay.  Like I suspect many Pilot readers of a certain age, who were raised on a diet of Dan Dare, Mach 2-capable a...

  Virgin Galactic has sold around 100 tickets for its commercial space flights in 2022 since Sir Richard Branson launched in August – with each seat costing an eye-watering $450,000 Virgin Galactic has sold about 100 tickets since flying Richard Branson to space A total of 700 tickets have been sold ahead of commercial space flights in 2022 Virgin Galactic set target of 1,000 reservations prior to the launch of first flights Current price is $450,000 per seat; but some paid $200,000 from 2005 to 2014  Billionaire space race saw Branson beat Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos by just nine days By  SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED:   22:48, 8 November 2021  |  UPDATED:   09:21, 9 November 2021           e-mail   42 View comments Virgin Galactic has sold around 100 more tickets for its commercial space trips since flying its founder Sir Richard Branson to space in the summer, the company has revealed in its financial resul...