Tag: vulcan inc.
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Stratolaunch air-launch venture says it’s been transferred to new owners by Paul Allen’s Vulcan
Stratolaunch’s plane took its first test flight in April. (Scaled Composites Photo) Stratolaunch, the company that was founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen in 2011 to build a flying launch pad for rockets, says it’s under new ownership. The transition serves as the latest sign that Jody Allen — Paul Allen’s sister, who…
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Stratolaunch rebuilds team for the world’s biggest plane after Paul Allen’s death
Stratolaunch’s six-engine, twin-fuselage airplane makes its first flight in April. (Stratolaunch Photo) Stratolaunch is hiring — nearly a year after the death of its billionaire backer, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and five months after the company’s monster plane took its first and only test flight. Allen founded the venture in 2011, with the goal of…