Yeah, that’s a bit odd. Can’t speak for the blog author, but, really, it’s a well-known factoid in the aerospace industry. This, f’rex, is from Dan Linehan’s Burt Rutan’s Race to Space: The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations (2011):
I didn’t bother to source this first time around, because it is such a “well-known factoid” among industry commentators. And I’ve seen a video where Sir Richard explains the name and nose art, with a beaming Eve Branson standing next to him. Can’t find it ATM, but I’ll do a bit more YouTube digging and see if I can come up with it.
