Assuming you are talking about the GlobalFlyter and not the Virgin Galactic, the flight id is VIR101 David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Anyone know the callsign, so I can track him on Flight Explorer? > > Travel Pages wrote: from www.avweb.com The New > Space Race Update Virgin Galactic is on track for taking passengers into > space by the end of 2008, Richard Branson said on Monday. "It is going very > well, we have 100 engineers working on it and we have had about 50,000 people > who have put their names down to fly," he was quoted by UTV online. Branson was > in Florida this week for the launch of the GlobalFlyer, and said that NASA has > offered Virgin Galactic a base at the Kennedy Space Center. The offer is > interesting, he said, but discussions are still preliminary. "I think we would > find that it would bring a lot of people to the area who would watch the flight > as well as those who were flying," he said. Test flights are expected to begin > late next year for the fleet of five spaceships being built at Scaled Composites > in Mojave, Calif. Tourist flights are expected to begin in late 2008. > > --------------------------------- > Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. > > SkyOne--The Airline News Channel > To Post message: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > List owner: Skyone-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Skyone URL: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Costa rica travel Frequent flyer miles credit card Frequent flyer > miles Travel insurance Frequent flyer card Frequent flyer point > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Skyone" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Skyone-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > > Roger & Amanda La France