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Jameel Janjua flew the pilot's seat in Virgin Galactic's most recent spaceflight last month .
He was a semi-finalist for a Canadian Space Agency astronaut selection in 2009 .
In the decades before he copiloted the VSS Unity spaceship on June 8 , he accumulated more than 5,200 hours across 65 aircraft types.
Janjua: "It's like your first solo in an aircraft. It's like, "I can't believe this is actually happening" He says he was responsible for ensuring the health of the rocket motor and that the feather re-entry system operates as intended and is actuated on time.
He says it was a really nice mix of personalities and professional attributes in the cockpits.
Jameel Janjua is from Calgary , Alberta , Canada and enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets while still a teenager.
He got his flying license at 16 and flew the CF-18 Hornet out of 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron in Quebec .
He was selected for an exchange with the U.K. Royal Air Force for three years .
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