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PODCAST: Michael Thompson of SKYFLY Technologies talks about its Axe two-seater personal aircraft

Our next pod­cast episode is now live! This week, we were joined by Michael Thomp­son, co-founder and CEO of SKYFLY Tech­nolo­gies. The com­pa­ny is devel­op­ing its per­son­al two-seater elec­tric air­craft, called Axe, and plans to begin full-scale manned test flights next year.

Michael start­ed his career as a heli­copter pilot, before tran­si­tion­ing into UAVs and start­ed a ser­vices busi­ness pro­vid­ing sur­veys and inspec­tions with drones using advanced sen­sors on UAVs.

Through the com­bi­na­tion of the expe­ri­ence and pas­sion fly­ing heli­copters with knowl­edge and under­stand­ing of flight con­trol sys­tems and the capa­bil­i­ties of dis­trib­uted propul­sion, he designed the Axe along­side CTO and renowned air­craft engi­neer William Brooks.

Michael tells us more about Axe and its tech­ni­cal spec­i­fi­ca­tion, what val­ue it can bring to the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty mar­ket, and why he thinks the air­craft can be cru­cial to oth­er eVTOL OEMs.

Click on the Play but­ton to lis­ten to the episode, which is also avail­able on Apple Pod­casts and Spo­ti­fy.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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