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Topic: Michael Alsbury, SpaceShipTwo pilot (1975-2014)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-01-2014 02:19 PM
   
The Kern's County coroner's office has confirmed Michael Alsbury as the Scaled Composites' pilot who died in the Oct. 31, 2014 ill-fated powered test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. Alsbury, 39, co-piloted the first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo in April 2013. Prior to Friday's flight, he had flown SpaceShipTwo a total of eight times as co-pilot. The following brief biography is based on information provided by the Society of Flight Test Engineers: Michael Alsbury worked for Scaled Composites in Mojave, CA for 14 years serving in the role of project engineer and test pilot. His experiences spanned preliminary aircraft design, manufacturing, flight test planning, and flight test support as a flight test engineer and test pilot. He logged more than 1,600 hours as a test pilot and test engineer in Scaled aircraft and participated in the flight testing of nine different manned aircraft. Alsbury held a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and Society of Flight Test Engineers. He had 15 years and more than 1,800 hours of flight experience and held his single and multiengine instrument commercial, glider commercial, and single and multiengine instrument flight instructor certificates. Alsbury's friends and co-workers at Scaled Composites have set up a memorial fund to help his family with future expenses. All donations will go to Alsbury's wife, Michelle. |
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