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Will Whitehorn

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}{{BLP sources|date=February 2015}}Will Whitehorn (born 1960) is a British business executive. Until December 2010 he was President of Virgin Galactic,^[1] a company which plans to offer space tourism flights to the paying public.^[2]

Biography

Whitehorn was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended Edinburgh Academy and Aberdeen University.^[2]

Whitehorn's early career was as a crewman on North Sea helicopters and also with the Thomas Cook travel agency. In 1987, Whitehorn joined the Virgin Group after being talent-spotted by Sir Richard Branson, after he had suggested a number of ideas to Virgin the previous year. He rose to become the head of Virgin's public affairs department.{{when|date=November 2014}} In that role, where he was effectively the official spokesperson for the company, he was sometimes characterized as Richard Branson's "right-hand man".^[2]

He was{{when|date=November 2014}} president of Virgin's space program, Virgin Galactic, but had to leave due to the relocation of the testing area.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Whitehorn became Chairman of the Transport Systems Catapult project in March 2013.^[3]

References

1. ^[https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/will-whitehorn/33/808/aba LinkedIn: Will Whithorn]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^¹²Mather, Adrian (2004-10-08). First Edinburgh man in space. {{cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid%3D2570336|title=Archived copy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809134611/http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2570336|archivedate=9 August 2011|deadurl=yes|accessdate=2009-05-08|df=dmy}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Whitehorn appointed Transport Systems Catapult chair|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/whitehorn-appointed-transport-systems-catapult-chair|website=Rail Technology Magazine|accessdate=31 March 2015|date=22 February 2013}}

Bibliography

{{cite web|date=2004-10-10 |accessdate=19 November 2007 |title=First Edinburgh Man in Space |publisher=Red Orbit |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/92763/first_edinburgh_man_in_space/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208132016/http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/92763/first_edinburgh_man_in_space/ |archivedate=8 February 2008 }}

External links

{{cite web|author=Jeff Foust|title=Virgin Galactic and the future of commercial spaceflight|url=http://www.thespacereview.com/article/378/1}}

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