#60 Eric Watson, Zipline: Drone delivery and the Zipline experience
Welcome to our conversation with Eric Watson from Zipline.
You can’t help but be impressed with the inspiring and important work that Zipline has done with their partners in Africa – with medical and healthcare outcomes that are remarkable. So, you will really enjoy hearing about Zipline and their first platform in Africa – Eric gives an excellent overview.
#59 John Langford, Electra.aero: Bringing eSTOL to Market
Welcome to a terrific conversation with John Langford, CEO of Electra.aero
#58 Kara Kramer, AeroVironment: A deep dive into the Replicator initiative and future of military UA
Welcome back to The Vertical Space and our conversation with Kara Kramer, Director of Business Development at AeroVironment.
#57 Valerie Manning, Overair: Reality Check On Commercializing eVTOLs
Welcome to our conversation with Dr. Valerie Manning, Chief Commercial Officer of Overair.
#56 Robert Rose, Reliable Robotics: Exploring the future of autonomy in aviation
Welcome back to The Vertical Space and our conversation with Robert Rose, co-founder and CEO of Reliable Robotics.
#55 Yemaya Bordain, Daedalean: certifying autonomy, next-gen avionics, and multi-core processors
Check out an in-depth and fast-moving discussion of certifying autonomy, next-gen avionics, and multi-core processors with Dr. Yemaya Bordain, President of the Americas for Daedalean.
#54 Stuart Ginn, WakeMed: A physician's perspective on medical drone delivery
We hear from Stuart Ginn who besides having a professional aviation background is also a physician and therefore looks at the drone opportunity through the lens of a healthcare professional – somebody engaged in delivering healthcare and intimately familiar with the complexities associated with it.
#53 Declan Ryan, Irelandia: The founding of Ryanair, low-cost airlines, lessons for AAM
Welcome back to The Vertical Space for a discussion with Declan Ryan, one of the co-founders of Ryanair and a serial builder of low-cost airlines. With commercial drone operations starting to gain momentum and the contours of future eVTOL operations becoming better understood, it is important to highlight the evolution of the low-cost airline business model and learn the lessons from this market. And we have just the right guest to take a deep dive into this fascinating topic
#52 Paul Rinaldi, Air Traffic Management: Today's Realities and Tomorrow's Opportunities
Check out a terrific discussion with Paul Rinaldi, President of Rinaldi Consultants and served as President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).
#51 Carl Dietrich, Jump Aero: MOSAIC - a transformational opportunity
An in-depth conversation with Carl Dietrich, Founder/CEO/CTO of Jump Aero – as he explains everything you want to know about Jump Aero as well as MOSAIC, the proposed Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification rule – what Carl considers a transformational opportunity.
#50 Christiaan Hen, Assaia: AI and aviation's "pit stops"
In this episode we talk about something that has great relevance to traditional aviation, and that will become increasingly important to drone and other AAM concepts as their operations increase in scale and complexity – which is utilization of the most important physical assets in aviation -> aircraft and ground infrastructure. We have the pleasure of doing a deep dive into this interesting topic with Christiaan Hen, Chief Customer Officer at Assaia.
#49 Pete Bunce, GAMA: general aviation's perspective on AAM
Great discussion with Pete Bunce - President and CEO of GAMA. Pete combines a deep understanding of established aviation as well as advanced air mobility. He introduces competence, regulatory understanding, industry knowledge, and knowing how to get things done. Listen to Pete's vision of aviation and AAM - there's nothing superficial here.
#48 Reflections at the intersection of technology and flight
Today will be a different kind of conversation. We, the hosts of The Vertical Space, provide reflections on the intersection of tech and flight that were the center point of our talk at Honeywell’s 2nd Annual Advanced Air Mobility Summit.
#47 David Stepanek, Bristow: AAM customer perspective
Today's talk is with David Stepanek – the Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of Bristow.
So where we talk often talk to those building vehicles in AAM – here we have an industry leader who is committed to the opportunities of AAM – is confident that AAM will improve Bristow’s performance, reduce costs, and improve their position with sustainability.
#46 Dan Elwell: FAA Reauthorization; "1,500 Hour Rule"; the balance between safety and innovation
This episode marks a first for our podcast – it’s the first time that we recorded an episode in person, and we did it during the Honeywell Aerospace Second Annual Advanced Air Mobility Summit in Washington DC, where the three of us also shared insights on the industry in front of an impressive audience of government and industry leaders.
We sat down with Dan Elwell – who previously served as the Acting FAA Administrator and also its Deputy Administrator.
#45 Damon Vander Lind, extending electric range with zero emissions
Welcome to our conversation with Damon Vander Lind, co-founder and CEO of Magpie Aviation, a company enabling long-range flights with zero emissions. Damon and Magpie are offering a solution that is fresh and new – a lot of you will be both fascinated by his vision and at the same time find reasons to challenge his assumptions – and you have to admire his bold approach to the market.
#44 Thomas Neubauer: cellular connectivity as an enabler of BVLOS operations
Welcome to our conversation with Thomas Neubauer, Co-founder and CEO of Dimetor. We discuss connectivity using cellular networks and the intersection of cellular networks and aviation
#43 Venkat Viswanathan: batteries and electric aviation
Today we revisit the topic of batteries with Venkat Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
#42 Billy Thalheimer, Regent and coastal transportation
Today we introduce the maritime world to AAM - with a conversation with Billy Thalheimer, CEO and Co-Founder of Regent.
#41 Brian Yutko, Wisk: demystifying autonomy
Our guest today is Brian Yutko, Chief Executive Officer at Wisk, a California-based advanced air mobility company developing a fully autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.