Wimmer Aiming For High Speed Record At Bonneville Speed Week, Utah.

During Aug 16 - 20, 2010, Wimmer will aim to for a high speed record with the "smaller" car (pictured) at the Bonneville Speed Week, Utah, USA. Final preparations are currently taking place and the entire team is looking forward to some strong test runs and, hopefully, breaking the car category speed record. In August 2009, Wimmer passed his A, B, C and D high speed drivers licence at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Eyes On The Next Record To Break: The World Landspeed Record.....!!

Together with The North American Eagle™ project, Per Wimmer is aiming to break the existing land speed record of 763 mph by reaching 800 mph!

Ed Shadle and Per Wimmer are the two co-drivers. Per completed his first test run in Nov. 2009 and the next test run is scheduled for end Sept. 2010. The purpose of the test runs is to build up speed safely, by using advance computers and aerodynamic modelling techniques

Click here to see more photos from the test runs

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Per Wimmer, together with Ralph Mitchell, became the first two persons to successfully complete a tandem sky dive over Mount Everest on Oct 6, 2008.

The historic jump was the culmination of weeks planning, trekking and waiting in Nepal.

A film crew has followed the First Ever Everest Sky Dive Expedition and has documented the whole adventure day by day.

Click here to watch the documentary trailer

Read Wimmer´s Blog from the Mount Everest Sky Dive Expedition here

Wimmer Space is the proud supporter of the following charities:

The goals of Wimmer Space are:

To get Per Wimmer through extreme adventures, including to space and back safely and, ultimately, to place the Danish flag, the "Dannebrog," on the Moon and
in the process to inspire today’s children to live out their dreams – whatever their dreams might be - and to encourage their interest in space and science. Wimmer Space works with UNICEF, Hospice Foundation, Ideas Foundation, ShareSpace, Global Angels and other great charities to achieve that goal.

The Seven Fundamental Values of Wimmer Space include:

Allow yourself to be inspired. Think "out of the box."
Follow your heart and passion. Have fun
Focus and Execution
Time discipline: Be conscious about time allocation.
Teamwork: The sum of the parts is greater than the individual parts alone.
Take calculated risks: Assess risks/rewards.
Inspire others, especially. children, and encourage them to live their dreams.

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Wimmer, Branson And Virgin Galactic

Per Wimmer with Virgin Group Chairman and Founder, Sir Richard Branson at the unveiling of the SpaceShipTwo model in New York. Per Wimmer is a founding astronaut with Virgin Galactic.

Dec 7, 2009 - Today, in Mojave, California, the Virgin Galactic spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, that is due to take financier and adventurer, Per Wimmer, and others, into space was unveiled to the public for the first time by Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan.

The unveiling of SpaceShipTwo marks the culmination of years of work and follows the first flight of its mothership, WhiteKnightTwo or "Eve," at Oshkosh in July earlier this year. Per Wimmer commented:

""Today's unveil of SpaceShipTwo means that we are now seriously close to getting into space. No more fancy powerpoints; we now have a full scale spaceship and a mothership and I am sensing the smell of rocket fuel......A bit more testing and I am off to space.....I simply cannot wait......I wish I was flying to space today...."

Adventurer and global financier Per Wimmer runs his adventures, including space, through Wimmer Space and his own London-based investment bank, Wimmer Financial. Per is due to become the first Dane in Space.

Timeline

2011 - 2012

Per Wimmer’s expected launch window for his first amongst several trips to space.

May 2010

Wimmer Space supports singer Alicia Keys' charity efforts, Keep A Child Alive, helping disadvantaged African children to realise their dreams. Alicia Keys gives an intimate concert in London to 270 charity supporters. Wimmer also support Clic Sargent, a children's cancer charity, together with the six number 1 single hit UK bank The Sugababes (Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen) at the London Hurlingham Club.

Jan 2010

Wimmer Financial expanding and moving to new and much larger premises in Mayfair, London.

Dec 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

Nov 7-8 2009

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

Aug 2009

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

July 28, 2009

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.

July 7- 11, 2009

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.

2008, Dec 2:

XCOR Aerospace reveils their first astronaut, Per Wimmer, as well as their main distributor, Rocketship Tours, at a press conference in Los Angelse, USA. By the same token, Per reveils his third planned trip to space.

2008, Nov/Dec:

Publication of two books in which Per Wimmer/Wimmer Space contribute: "Professional Passion" and "Mysteries From Space."

2008, Oct 6:

Per Wimmer, together with Ralph Mitchell, makes world history by becoming the first humans tandem sky dive above the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest. On Oct 6, 2008, the Pilatus Porter airplane flew the two up to an altitude of 29.500 feet (approx 9 Km) - just above the highest peak in the world - Mount Everest (29.035 feet or approx 8.8 KM). The outside temperature was minus 50 degress C (incl. the wind chill factor) and the free fall lasted for one minute at an average speed of 200 Km/h with full oxygen breathing equipment and Per and Ralph landed safely at 12.350 feet (approx 4 KM) altitude at the Drop Zone, close to Mount Everest.

2008, Sept 22 - Oct 6:

After a couple of days in Kathmandu, the team flew to Lukla for acclimatisation and went trekking in the Himalayas. Later followed final instruction on survival training, use of oxygen and helmet. The charity effort within WimmerSpace Everest Sky Dive for this historic adventure raised USD 79.000.

2008, Aug 19 - 20:

Final training and equipment testing in Switzerland close to Mont Blanc ahead of the historic Mount Everest Sky Dive.

2008, Aug:

Per Wimmer re-visits the charities who received his donations as part of the TV-program The Secrete Millionaire

2008, July 28:

Per Wimmer attends the unveiling of the “mothership” WhiteKnightTwo or “Eve” in Mojave, California. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveils the mothership to a packed global media audience.

2008, July 14:

Per Wimmer meets Richard Garriott, British-American computer game developer, due to become the sixth private space participant on Oct 12, 2008 and as well as Apollo 11 astronaut and second man on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow, UK.

2008, March 18:

Wimmer Space goes ”under-cover” in the TV-series “The Secrete Millionaire” and donates USD 50.000 to local charities working with youth, the elderly, drug addicts, alcoholics and other people in need.

2008, Jan 26:

“Per Wimmer Visiting Alan Bean, Apollo 12 Astronaut And Fourth Man On The Moon At His Home And Atelier In Houston”

2008, Jan 25:

Per Wimmer Visiting NASA Johnson Space Centre, Houston, And Piers Sellers, British-American Astronaut on STS-112 Atlantis (Oct 7-18, 2002) performing three spacewalks (19 hours and 41 min of EVA); STS-121 Discovery (July 4-17, 2006; 7.5 hrs EVA).

2008, Jan 23:

Per Wimmer Attends The Unveiling Of The New Design Of SpaceShipTwo And WhiteKnightTwo By The Virgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson and Scaled Composites CEO Burt Rutan At A Well-Attended Press Conference At The American Museum Of Natural History, New York.

2007, Dec 6:

Per Wimmer speaking at the Space Investment Summit, San Jose, California, on the topic of “Guiding VC Space Fund Development” representing Wimmer Space and Wimmer Financial.

2007, Nov 8:

The book “Powermen” is published featuring twelve men and their visions for the future, including private astronaut and CEO of Wimmer Financial, Per Wimmer. The Seven Fundamental Values of Wimmer Space are also included:

1) Allow yourself to be inspired. Think "out of the box."
2) Follow your heart and passion. Have fun.
3) Focus and Execution.
4) Time discipline: Be conscious about time allocation.
5) Teamwork: The sum of the parts is greater than the individual parts alone.
6) Take calculated risks: Assess risks/rewards.
7) Inspire others, esp. children, and encourage them to live their dreams.

2007, Oct 17-18:

Per Wimmer successfully completes the first part of the Virgin Galactic training program. This part included two days of centrifuge simulations with forces up to 6 Gx and 3 Gz at the NASTAR training facility outside Philadelphia, USA. A exact simulation profile for SpaceShipTwo was also successfully completed. Ahead of this session, Per had to undergo extensive medical checks at the London Bridge Hospital and came out with a “clean bill of health.”

2007 - and onwards:

Wimmer Space makes presentations about the Seven Fundamental Values and adventure and space to blue chip corporate clients, such as SONY, IBM, Rank Xerox, Roche, Motorola, Novo Nordisk and others

2007, Oct 6:

Wimmer Space makes a second donation to Hospice Foundations totalling USD 10.000 in 2007. The Finish company Uponor buys a Wimmer Space presentation at a galla auction.

2007, Oct 4:

The 50^th anniversary of the beginning of the space age with the launch of Sputnik on Oct. 4, 1957. On Oct 4, 2007, Per Wimmer announces another beginning: The launch of his own investment bank, Wimmer Financial (www.WimmerFinancial.com).

2007, Sept 6:

Per Wimmer, Anousheh Ansari (first private female space traveller) and Mark Shuttleworth (second private space traveller, first African in space) after a presentation by Mrs. Ansari, London, UK.

2007, Sept 5:

Kylie Minogue, Sir Richard Branson, Natalie Imbruglia, Per Wimmer and others participate in a bowling competition against each other at the Virgin Unite charity to help the fight against fistula, a devastating yet preventable childbirth injury affecting millions of women around the world.

2007:

Per Wimmer signs up as a Virgin Galactic Founding Astronaut and will become one of the first group of Founding Astronaut to fly when Virgin Galactic starts space operations

2007, June 16:

Per Wimmer conducts an extensive TV documentary interview of Apollo 11 Astronaut And Second Man On The Moon, Buzz Aldrin at The Ritz Hotel, Paris, France. Previously, Buzz Aldrin had written his "Best Wishes" for Per Wimmer's space flight when signing The Space Tourist Handbook.

2007, April 17:

Per Wimmer becomes first founding member of Buzz Aldrins’ charity ShareSpace.

2006, Aug:

The “Wimmer Way” song is recorded at the PUK Studios, Denmark. The song is based on “The Lions Sleep Tonight” and re-written and song by Flemming “Bamse” Jorgensen and his band “Bamses Venner” together with Per Wimmer.

2005, Aug:

Per Wimmer joins Man Securities/MF Global, part of the USD 60 bn hedge fund The MAN Group, before the USD 4 bn IPO spin-out in July 2007 as responsible for UK and Scandinavian institutional accounts.

2005, July 26:

Per Wimmer in first row with US First Lady Laura Bush and Florida Govenor Jeb Bush 8 min. before launch of the STS-114 Discovery Space Shuttle, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

2004, Oct 4:

SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X-Prize – a USD 10 Million prize for the first team to launch into space (above 62 Miles from Earth) and re-launch within 14 days and return safely. Per Wimmer congratulates the CEO of Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan, and test pilots Brian Binnie and Mike Melville for their achievements as well as Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X-Prize (Photos left to right).

2003:

Per Wimmer joins leading AIM and UK investment bank, Collins Stewart, responsible for Institutional sales and sales trading to Northern Europe.

2002:

Mark Shuttleworth becomes the first African and the second civilian to enter space and visit the International Space Station. Per Wimmer joins Mark in Star City for a session of centrifuge and Zero-G as well as L-39 fighter jet training, just prior to Mark’s launch. One Zero-G training session is completed together with NASA astronaut Guy Gardner (STS-27 Atlantis, Dec. 2-6, 1988 and STS-35 Columbia, Dec. 2-11 1990; see photo below). A team from the Discovery Channel is following Per Wimmer and his training in Russia for a documentary.

2001, April:

The first private space traveler, American Dennis Tito, launches into space from Baikanour, Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Per Wimmer joins Dennis Tito’s family for the launch on April 29, 2001. Prior to that launch, Per had completed his first Zero-G training, his first spin in the most powerful centrifuge in the world at Star City in Russia and, further, Per also flies the Russian MIG-25 fighter jet for the first time.

2000:

Per Wimmer learns about the possibility to fly into space as a private citizen and - within 48 hours later -signs up for his first trip to space through Plenge & co (www.plengeco.dk) and Space Adventures (www.SpaceAdventures.com).

1998:

Per Wimmer joins Goldman Sachs &Co., New York, USA, and London, UK and ends up as Executive Director for Institutional Sales of Equity products to Scandinavian-based financial institutions. Goldman Sachs & Co. became a public traded company in 1999.

1998:

MPA, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA completed. Awarded the Don K. Price Award for academic excellence, community contributions and potential leadership. Co-Founded the Harvard Scandinavian Society; member of the Harvard MPA Admissions Committee; participated in charity “Project Outreach” (an HBS volunteer project to assist the elderly and disadvantaged in the Boston area) and was a member of the winning team at the 1998 Annucal Graduate School Debate Competition, organized by the Leadership and Ethics
Forum, moderated by Senator Alan Simpson. During the stay at Harvard, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark visited his alma mater. Before graduating, selected as the only non-US citizen for the Presidential Management Intern Program destined work for the Bill Clinton administration.

1996-1997:

McKinsey & Co., Management Consultant

1994:

Master of Arts (M.A.) in political science, with distinction “Tres Bien,” top six of class, College of Europe, Bruges Belgium. Published a book, in French, on the future of ~Europe “Vers une Europe a la carte: Analyst des derogations apres Maastricht, PIE, 1995). Co-produced Yearbook and delivery the student speech at graduation.

1993:

Masters of Laws (M.A.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Awarded the Academic Silver Medal in the presence of HM Queen Margeret II for “an outstanding legal and political analysis of the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union.”

1992:

Masters of Laws (LL.M.), with distinction, focus on European/International Law, University of London, UK.

1991:

Bachelor of Arts, in Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

1988:

Second High School Degree completed in one year at Academie de Versailles, Paris, France, in the context of a 48% failure rate amongst native peers

1987:

First High School Degree completed at Slagelse Gymnasium. Per Wimmer graduates with one of highest grade averages and receives a financial Prize Award at graduation

1984:

Primary School completed with top grades at Skolen ved Antvorskov, Slagelse, Denmark.

1969:

July 20: First Apollo 11 Moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

1968:

Per Wimmer is born in Slagelse, Denmark.