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Crew Chief - White Knight II at Virgin Galactic

Rosamond, California

Lead of Ground operations and maintenance for the White Knight II Mother ship for Virgin Galactic. Responsible for developing, integrating and executing all facets of Ground operations pertaining to the White Knight II carrier aircraft and safe ground operations of Combined White Knight II and Space Ship II space flight system in conjunction with Space Ship Crew Chief. Leader of the ground crew during all ground based operations including launch and recovery, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, Annual inspection, and Modification cycles. I Develop ground operations procedures for the team, taking into account Safety, Professionalism, and the desire to develop the worlds foremost Aerospace ground crew. I vigorously support the "Virgin Way" and all parts of the virgin culture, and believe that the way we will always succeed is by maintaining our Extremely high quality team; First by selecting the very best in the industry, then supporting them professionally and personally, allowing them to grow and develop, and facilitating our future success.

Virgin Galactic

Crew Chief - White Knight II

Lead Aircraft Mechanic on MQ-1 Predator A, MQ-9 Predator B, MQ-1C Gray Eagle and the new AVENGER Unmanned systems. Intensive travel overseas for up to a year at a time in support of air force, Army, and other Customer requirements both in Hostile environments and in peaceful. Lead operations  up to 3,600 flight hours per month with minimal crew in hostile and austere environments. in charge of aircraft maintenance crew, aircraft flight and maintenance scheduling, ground operations, and execution of modifications and repairs as required.

Chad Rosacker