Events in 2009

Per Wimmer presenting at Virgin Galactic press conference, Gothenburg, Sweden

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

WimmerSpace presentation in home town Slagelse

Monday, March 23, 2009

WimmerSpace presenting at the International Space Development Conference, Orlando, USA

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Flying L-39 out of St Pete Clearwater International Airport, Florida

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sailing Stockholm Volvo Ocean Race, Sweden

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Per decides to break the current world landspeed record

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 1:00 AM

Decision time for next world record: Per decides to break the current world landspeed record at 763 Mph (Mach 1.01), set in 1997, by Thrust SSC and Richard Noble & Andy Green.

Studying rocks at Black Rock Desert

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Oshkosh Airshow

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:00 AM

Together with fellow Virgin Galactic Founders, Per Wimmer is at Oshkosh Airshow for the first public flight of WhiteKnightTwo. Sir Richard Branson and Mohamed Al-Husseiny sign agreement whereby Aabar of Abu Dhabi buys a 32% equity stake in Virgin Galactic for USD 280 M.

High speed drivers licence

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:00 AM

Per Wimmer training and passing of his Class A high speed drivers licence at Bonneville Salt Flats.

Test drive for the world landspeed record

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Per completes his first test drive for the world landspeed record in the "Eagle" at 165 Mph at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.

Visiting SpaceX, Los Angeles, USA

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Unveil of SpaceShipTwo

Monday, December 7, 2009

Attending the unveil of SpaceShipTwo at a ceremony in Mojave, California, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Sir Richard Branson