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Virgin Oceanic (originally Virgin Aquatic) is an undersea leisure venture of Newport Beach, CA businessman Chris Welsh and Sir Richard Branson, part of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The brand was first reported in a 2009 Time Magazine interview.
Feb 29, 2012 · Virgin Oceanic’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Virgin Oceanic hopes to launch a new era of manned deep-sea exploration. Eliza Strickland. 29 Feb 2012. 14 min read. Bryan Christie Design. As the battered little boat slides down a 3-meter ocean swell into the next trough, Chris Welsh grits his teeth and peers out into the storm.
Apr 5, 2011 · In a press conference today in Newport Beach, California, Branson announced his Virgin Oceanic and Five Dives initiatives, which could send a Virgin-branded deep-sea submersible with a...
Apr 10, 2011 · The Virgin Oceanic craft is built of titanium and carbon fibre, travels at up to three knots and is capable of operating at a depth of 37000ft. The single wi...
Apr 6, 2011 · Virgin Oceanic is a five-journey proposal, in which they’ll hit the Mariana Trench (Pacific), Puerto Rico Trench (Atlantic), Diamantina Trench (Indian), South Sandwich Trench (Southern), and...
Mar 8, 2012 · Race to the bottom of the ocean: Virgin. 8 March 2012. The Deep Flight Challenger submersible has been backed by Richard Branson's Virgin empire, and is currently undergoing its first water...
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Dec 13, 2014 · Virgin Oceanic set out a grand goal when it was first announced in 2011. The project aimed to use an 18-foot deep-sea submarine to "fly" along the floor of the world's deepest oceans.
