At One Air we are very proud that one of our student pilots, Oliver Daemen, has become the youngest space traveller in history at just 18 years old.
Oliver, a Dutch national, obtained his PPL licence at our pilot school in Spain during March 2021. Only a few months later he has had the great opportunity to fulfil his dream of traveling into space and has become the youngest person in history to perform such a trip.
The launch took place from Corn Ranch (Texas, USA) and it was the first manned mission of the New Shepard rocket from Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin. The rocket performed a suborbital flight with the main purpose of space tourism.
And why ‘New Shepard? The rocket’s name refers to the first American astronaut in space, Alan Shepard, who made a suborbital flight similar to the one performed by this rocket.
Oliver shared mission with Jeff Bezos, Marc Bezos and Wally Funk, the female pilot who at the age of 82 is now the oldest person to reach space.