When Richard Branson zipped across the Atlantic in the ... But almost 30 years later, the $2.3 million Atlantic Virgin Challenger II which captured our imaginations, had been left to rot in ...

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Richard Branson will be on board ... 11 astronaut wrote in a Washington Post op-ed days after space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, killing all seven on board. The crew for Virgin Galactic ...

Incredibly he found the interior piled high with charts and maps - almost exactly as Branson left it after smashing the world record. The Challenger II was commissioned by Sir Richard for the ...

British tycoon Richard Branson could scoop a massive personal cash windfall as a reward for struggling challenger bank Virgin Money’s ditching its Virgin branding after a bumper takeover bid.

The crew of Virgin Atlantic Challenger II have reunited in Cornwall, 27 years after breaking the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson was onboard for the trip from Plymouth ...

the bearded billionaire is describing his feelings on the day in June 1984 when the “legacy” transatlantic carriers discovered a challenger brand. In the 1970s Richard Branson had created a ...

Not content with winning the billionaire space race and experiencing the feeling of weightlessness himself, Sir Richard Branson wants ... following the loss of Challenger in 1986 and Columbia ...