Airspeeder Names First Three Pilots for Five-Team International Racing Series

Air­speed­er has announced the first three pilots for its inau­gur­al Inter­na­tion­al Series, nam­ing com­peti­tors from Aus­tralia, the Unit­ed States and New Zealand ahead of an open­ing pri­vate race sched­uled for Ade­laide in Novem­ber 2026.

Thomas Bit­mat­ta will rep­re­sent Air­speed­er Team Aus­tralia, Mason West will com­pete for the DeLore­an Air­speed­er Team rep­re­sent­ing the Unit­ed States, and Seth Moore will fly for Air­speed­er New Zealand. Pilots for the remain­ing two nation­al teams are expect­ed to be announced in the com­ing weeks.

The series will use elec­tric ver­ti­cal take-off and land­ing (eVTOL) rac­ing air­craft, mark­ing a move for the select­ed pilots from small­er first-per­son-view (FPV) rac­ing drones to larg­er elec­tric air­craft. Air­speed­er says the pilots will under­take sim­u­la­tor work, air­craft famil­iari­sa­tion and oper­a­tional train­ing before com­pet­ing.

Bit­mat­ta, based in Mel­bourne, is a five-time Aus­tralian Drone Nation­als cham­pi­on and has also won the Multi­GP Inter­na­tion­al Open World Cup twice. Along­side rac­ing, he works as a drone cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er, engi­neer and mechan­ic.

West began rac­ing through flight sim­u­la­tion before com­pet­ing in events in the Unit­ed States and inter­na­tion­al­ly. He pre­vi­ous­ly won an Air­speed­er com­mu­ni­ty sim­u­la­tor tour­na­ment and lat­er joined a wild­card team in the Drone Cham­pi­ons League. His expe­ri­ence also includes tech­ni­cal work on live sports and enter­tain­ment broad­casts.

Moore, from Christchurch, New Zealand, is an FPV pilot and cam­era oper­a­tor who films action sports and live events. He won the New Zealand title in 2026, has placed fifth over­all at the Aus­tralian Drone Nation­als and serves as pres­i­dent of Red­zone Drone Rac­ing in Christchurch.

Air­speed­er said all three pilots bring expe­ri­ence in com­pet­i­tive drone fly­ing, but will need to adapt to the han­dling char­ac­ter­is­tics and oper­a­tional require­ments of the larg­er rac­ing air­craft. Moore has begun learn­ing the plat­form using a sim­u­la­tor.

Glob­al Drone Solu­tions has been named the series’ train­ing provider part­ner. It will sup­port pilot prepa­ra­tion along­side Airspeeder’s flight crew, with an empha­sis on air­craft response, pre­ci­sion and oper­a­tional dis­ci­pline.

Thomas Sleightholm

Thomas is a con­tent writer for eVTOL Insights, cov­er­ing all aspects of the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ecosys­tem. Got a sto­ry for him? Please send an email to editorial@evtolinsights.com

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