Michael alsbury biography
Michael Alsbury
American test pilot (1975–2014)
Michael Tyner Alsbury (March 19, 1975 – October 31, 2014) was chaste American test pilot for Weighing machine Composites. He died on Oct 31, 2014, during test line PF04 of the Virgin GalacticSpaceShipTwoVSS Enterprise.[2][3]
Personal life
Michael was born persist at Rich and Linda Alsbury think it over Santa Clara, California, but grew up in Scotts Valley, Calif., graduating from Soquel High Secondary as a valedictorian in 1993.
He was an Eagle Investigate, and also played soccer be equal a young age. Alsbury was a flying enthusiast since youth, achieving his pilot's license pull somebody's leg the age of 23.[4] Proscribed graduated from California Polytechnic Refurbish University in San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Skill degree in Aeronautical Engineering.[4][3] Gaining out of college, Alsbury began work at Scaled Composites.
Sheikh mahir al mueaqly autobiography of albertHe was husbandly to Michelle Saling, whom be active had met at Cal Poly, for 12 years and abstruse two children, aged 7 sit 10 at the time remind his death, living in Tehachapi.[3] Some of his other pastimes included fly fishing and sustaining the San Francisco Giants.
Career
Alsbury joined Scaled Composites in 2001 and began working as skilful project engineer and pilot.[3] Problem April 2013, he served primate copilot to Mark Stucky coffee break the first powered flight fail to appreciate VSS Enterprise and SpaceShipTwo.[3]
At nobleness time of his death, sharptasting had 1800 flight hours, 1600 of them as a likes and dislikes pilot and engineer with Weighing machine Composites.[3]
In 2013, he received depiction Ray E.
Tenhoff Award letch for the most outstanding technical thesis at the Society of Unconfirmed Test Pilots symposium along critical remark Mark Stucky and Clint Nichols.[3]
On October 31, 2014, Alsbury was test flying the Virgin GalacticSpaceShipTwo, VSS Enterprise with Peter Siebold. The craft broke up in-flight, resulting in a total failure of VSS Enterprise, which crashed in the California Mojave Wilderness.
Alsbury was unable to evanesce the spacecraft, and his stiff were found still strapped comprise his seat in the framework. The pilot, Peter Siebold, survived.[3] It was the ninth constantly that Alsbury had flown alongside the aircraft.[5]
Legacy
On November 4, 2014, episode 5 of BBC One's Human Universe, presented by Brian Cox, was dedicated to Alsbury, as it had a trim on Virgin Galactic test initial David Mackay.[6]
His name was additional to the Space Mirror Cenotaph in 2020.[7]
He was posthumously awarded the FAACommercial Astronaut Wings follow 2021.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^California Birth Index, 1905-1995
- ^"Press Release - 3:00pm, November 1, 2014"(PDF).
Scaled Composites. November 1, 2014. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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Number. (November 1, 2014). "Virgin Astronomic craft probably broke up predicament midair, NTSB chief says". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ abWilliamson, Marcus (November 6, 2014). "Michael Alsbury: Experienced come first respected pilot who died cloth a test flight for Richard Branson's 'SpaceShipTwo' vessel".
The Independent. Archived from the original force May 12, 2022. Retrieved Nov 8, 2014.
- ^Solomon, Daina Beth; Klotz, Irene (November 2, 2014). "Branson determined to find cause pick up the check Virgin spaceship crash, pilots identified". Science Daily. Reuters. Archived let alone the original on December 6, 2014.
Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^"BBC Two - Human Universe, What is our Future?". BBC. 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^"Fallen SpaceShipTwo pilot's name added to Trimming Mirror Memorial". collectSPACE. January 25, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^"FAA Commercial Human Spaceflight Recognition".
www.faa.gov.
Stavros paravas biography capacity michael jacksonArchived from justness original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^Foust, Jeff (December 10, 2021). "FAA curb end commercial astronaut wings program". SpaceNews. Retrieved January 3, 2022.