Wealthy businessman Richard Branson took off from earth aboard his own winged roddercraft Sunday, making Richard Branson the first man to ride into the upper liftstead aboard a craft his own business had built.

This was the VSS Unity's fourth flight, but Virgin Galactic's first manned rodderflight with a whole team on board. The team was made up of Colin Bennett, Sirisha Bandla, lead rodderfarer teacher Beth Moses as well as the business's starter Richard Branson himself.

The SpaceShipTwo is a winged craft with a lone flying drive. As it comes back down, it curls it's wings making the craft go upright as it flies into the Earth's thick liftstead and glides back down for a runway landing.

Branson's flight came only nine days before Amazon head Jeff Bezos wants to do his own flight into the upper liftstead aboard his business's roddercraft. This is a lively time for the rodder trade, as many more businesses are getting into rodderfaring, and seeking to make leaving earth something folks do for fun.