Start Saving those Miles-the Spaceship is coming!

[buns]

BBC Reports the next phase in the Virgin Spaceship Project here and that an 18 month testing period will start.

Start hoarding those miles[}:)]

buns

VSS Enterprise? Oh please no

[RichardMannion]

Call me a miserable old bugger, but surely wiser to ensure your core business (the airline) is in good shape before being frivolous with other pet projects. Damn, I forgot its all about newspaper inches.

[fozzyo]

Haven't they already raised a shed load of chash for Galactic already with pre-booked flights?

[Scrooge]

quote:Originally posted by fozzyo
Haven't they already raised a shed load of chash for Galactic already with pre-booked flights?


Yep and remember, the reward ticket has to be miles flown, not on credit cards etc.

quote:Originally posted by Scrooge
quote:Originally posted by fozzyo
Haven't they already raised a shed load of chash for Galactic already with pre-booked flights?


Yep and remember, the reward ticket has to be miles flown, not on credit cards etc.


Wonder if I could use my companion reward ticket?

Oh hang on, its only valid for fare code Q5,a1,7b bought in cash and only if there is a daytime partial eclipse over Matabeleland on the day of departure. [:?]

Interesting to know if you get flying miles for the journey...assume same T&C's as above..

[}:)]

quote:Originally posted by northernhenry
Interesting to know if you get flying miles for the journey

124 miles per round trip [:D] (62 miles to space or thereabouts..)

Cheers
Michael

quote:Originally posted by fozzyo
Haven't they already raised a shed load of chash for Galactic already with pre-booked flights?

And $280 million selling 32% of the company.

quote:Originally posted by buns

Start hoarding those miles[}:)]

buns

No thanks, 60,000 feet is the highest ceiling I am ever going to get up to[:D]

[Scrooge]

quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
quote:Originally posted by buns

Start hoarding those miles[}:)]

buns

No thanks, 60,000 feet is the highest ceiling I am ever going to get up to[:D]


Hmmm, out of interest, how are you going to do that ? Concorde isn't flying anymore.... Or are you talking in the past tense ?

Yep past tense got up to 60k on G-BOAD 1994

[Scrooge]

quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
Yep past tense got up to 60k on G-BOAD 1994


[y] We may be two of the few that had a chance to sample life at 60k ft on here, oh life in the fast lane.

quote:Originally posted by Scrooge
quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
Yep past tense got up to 60k on G-BOAD 1994


[y] We may be two of the few that had a chance to sample life at 60k ft on here, oh life in the fast lane.


Think there must be quite a few rocket PAX on here.

[Scrooge]

quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
quote:Originally posted by Scrooge
quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
Yep past tense got up to 60k on G-BOAD 1994


[y] We may be two of the few that had a chance to sample life at 60k ft on here, oh life in the fast lane.


Think there must be quite a few rocket PAX on here.


I will skip the space cadet line, to easy [:p]

I am pretty sure there is at least one person I know that will be going for a ride on this.

I meant the real rocket Concorde, not this piece of publicity.[:D]

[Scrooge]

quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
I meant the real rocket Concorde, not this piece of publicity.[:D]


Ohhhhhhhhh sorry, please look at the time [:p]

I'm sure a few of us flew the Concorde, though IMHO flying on a 747 is far better, found it to cramped, but the service was [y]

quote:Originally posted by Scrooge
quote:Originally posted by jaguarpig
Yep past tense got up to 60k on G-BOAD 1994


[y] We may be two of the few that had a chance to sample life at 60k ft on here, oh life in the fast lane.


Those were the days - flew it rergulary from a teenager up to a month before the last flight and kept all the certificates, free gifts, some BPs and photos in a very special memory box [y]