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Virgin Galactic Falls After Pushing Back First Commercial Flight
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. is pushing the start of commercial flights further into next year after rescheduling a test flight, disappointing investors with the unexpected delay to its space tourism business plans.
A program to upgrade the company’s spaceplane is taking place a month later than anticipated, forcing the delay of a planned research mission with a crew of four and the start of commercial service into the fourth quarter of 2022, it said Thursday. Virgin Galactic had told analysts on an August conference call it was targeting its first private astronaut flight for “late Q3.” Shares of the company fell 14% in postmarket trading to $20.66. “Our decisions are driven by detailed and thorough analysis, and we fly based on the most accurate and comprehensive data available,” Michael Colglazier, the company’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. The rescheduling is unrelated to an internal probe into a potentially defective part, Virgin Galactic said. Last month, it delayed the flight window for the research mission to mid-October due to a possible problem with a flight control actuation system component. The upcoming research flight is scheduled to include two members of the Italian Air Force, an aerospace engineer and a Virgin Galactic employee.
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ban on the company’s test flights last month after concluding an investigation into Virgin Galatic’s failure to inform the agency of an errant trajectory in a July 11 launch. The regulator had grounded it on Sept. 2
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/virgin-galactic-falls-after-pushing-back-first-commercial-flight-1.1666638
Cap#2 is peak altitude from July 12th flight showing.....62k feet
AF2 USAF C-32A departed JBA west
Kamala Harris to visit Las Vegas on Monday
Vice President Kamala Harris will make a stop in Las Vegas next week. According to an announcement, Vice President Harris will travel to Las Vegas on Monday, Oct. 18. Additional details of her visit was not immediately provided.
https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/vice-president-kamala-harris-to-visit-las-vegas-on-monday/article_7f7bfaf6-2d1b-11ec-ab2b-031055e339a9.html
Still no 98-0001 AC-that is/was primary AF2 for a long time
AF2 USAF C-32A continues ws to Los Angeles (most likely) and basically vanishing until Mondays Las Vegas trip.
Recall the overnight trip to Palm Springs on Oct 1-2
This AC was SAM516 yesterday Seattle-Eglin-JBA
Belgian AF BAF84 Falcon 7X on ground at Oshkosh, WI from Victorville, CA ground stop >>101182 pb
Belgian AF BAF76 Falcon 7X departed JBA after an overnight
Some Navy brass went from Skunkworks in Palmdale to Monterey, CA
VV375 G5 Palmdale to Monterey