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Podcast Ep. #29 – Samson Sky is Building the First Truly Useful Flying Car

On April 16, 2019 · In Aircraft, Composites, Personal Aviation, Podcast, Startup

Sam Bousfield is the founder and CEO of Samson Sky, a company that is developing the first truly useful flying car. Sam is an architect by training, but a passion for aviation led him to work on a supersonic aircraft with Boeing. Out of this experience came the idea of building a flying car […]

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Podcast Ep. #25 – Vertical Aerospace CCO Michael Darcy on the UK’s First Full-Scale eVTOL and the Growing Urban Mobility Market

On February 18, 2019 · In Electric Aviation, Personal Aviation, Podcast, Startup, VTOL

Michael Darcy is the Chief Commercial Officer of the British eVTOL (electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing) company Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace has set out to change the way we fly short-haul distances and to reduce the time required for end-to-end journeys. Their vision is to develop an intercity air taxi service that gives customers the freedom to fly […]

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Podcast Ep. #23 – Samy Libsig on eXalt Aircraft’s Vision of Designing a New Breed of Sport Airplanes

On January 29, 2019 · In Aircraft, Personal Aviation, Podcast, Sport Airplanes, Startup

Samy Libsig is one of the founders of the sport aircraft startup eXalt Aircraft Inc. eXalt currently comprises a team of three engineers that are bringing a unique combination of fresh design thinking and engineering experience to the world of sport airplanes. The vision of eXalt is to turn the sky into a playground […]

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Podcast Ep. #10 – Kitty Hawk Roboticist Dr Mark Cutler on UAVs, Machine Learning and Personalised Flying

On May 8, 2018 · In Aircraft, Electric Aviation, Machine Learning, Personal Aviation, Podcast, Startup, UAVs

Dr Mark Cutler has a PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from MIT. He has researched multiple aspects of UAV technology—from designing and building his own novel quadrotor for aerobatic flight to developing machine learning algorithms for autonomous systems. Mark is currently working for the California-based startup Kitty Hawk backed by Google founder Larry […]

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Podcast Ep. #9 – Faradair Founder Neil Cloughley on the Bio-Electric Hybrid Aircraft and Regional Aviation

On April 25, 2018 · In Aircraft, Composite Materials, Electric Aviation, Personal Aviation, Podcast, Startup

Neil Cloughley is the founder and managing director of Faradair, the UK’s leading hybrid aviation programme. Neil has a broad background in the aviation industry ranging from aircraft re-marketing and aircraft leasing to starting his own aircraft consultancy business, which found him working with the world’s major airlines, OEMs and trailblazing companies like Virgin Galactic. Neil’s father developed one […]

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