Podcast Archives - eVTOL Insights

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Yun-yuan Tay of Skyports talks about potential for eVTOL air taxis in Asia-Pacific region

Jason Pritchard15 April 2021

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to welcome Skyports' Head of Asia Pacific, Yun-yuan Tay. With more than ten years of experience in the aviation and aerospace sectors, Yun is also a certified FAA private pilot with more than 200 ...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Dean Moore and Tim Williams of Vertical Aerospace

Jason Pritchard1 April 2021

In this week's podcast episode we were delighted to welcome back Vertical Aerospace and speak to Dean Moore and Tim Williams. Dean is the company’s Lead Flight Test Engineer and leading the flight test campaign for its first certifiable eVTOL air...

eVTOL Insights Podcast: Saul Tarazona of eJet Aerospace talks about its SMAPAD propulsion and eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard25 March 2021

In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Saul Tarazona, CEO of eJet Aerospace. The company owns GJet, an electric aircraft brand which has spent 20 years in the research and development, design and testing of two eVTOL aircraft designs...

David Rottblatt of Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions outlines company’s plan to market in next podcast episode

Jason Pritchard18 March 2021

In this week's episode, we were delighted to be joined by David Rottblatt, VP of Business Development at Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions. Prior to joining Eve, David served as Business Development Director for EmbraerX and is the project leader...

UAVOS’ Vadim Tarasov talks about its notable work in the UAV market on the eVTOL Insights Podcast

Jason Pritchard4 March 2021

In our latest podcast episode, it was great to welcome Vadim Tarasov, who is Chairman of the Board at UAVOS. The company specialises in the design, development and manufacturing of unmanned vehicles and autopilot systems, ...

Bastiaan Janmaat and Dario Constantine of Levitate Capital talk SPAC trends and its white paper in new podcast

Jason Pritchard25 February 2021

For this week's podcast, we were delighted to welcome Bastiaan Janmaat and Dario Constantine of Levitate Capital, a venture firm focused on next-generation air mobility, drones, and space technology. In this episode, Bastiaan talks about Levitat...

Tom Turner of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies explains how its expertise can bring value to the eVTOL aircraft market

Jason Pritchard18 February 2021

In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Tom Turner, Product Manager at Carlisle Interconnect Technologies. The company is one the world's biggest manufacturers of high-performance wire and cable, including optical fiber, and announced ...

Jon Damush of Iris Automation talks about the company’s work to develop Detect-and-Avoid software in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard11 February 2021

In this episode, we were joined by Jon Damush, Iris Automation's Chief Executive Officer. The company is pioneering Detect-and-Avoid systems and aviation policy services that enable customers to build scalable Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations ...

Daniel Avdagič of AV Living Lab talks about its Global UAM Challenge and the future of mobility in cities

Jason Pritchard4 February 2021

In this week's podcast, we spoke to Daniel Avdagič, Managing Director of AV Living Lab, the world's biggest city lab for creating human-centric future mobility solutions. Together with Nervtech - a Slovenian-based R&D firm, it has launched th...

Jared Esselman of Aerial Transportation Solutions talks about its role in the integration of unmanned aerial systems in cities

Jason Pritchard28 January 2021

This week's podcast episode is now live, and it was great to speak once again to Jared Esselman, Principal at Aerial Transportation Solutions. He specialises in assisting governments and private entities with developing local and regional aviatio...

Chuck Clauser of PS&S talks about the key details of vertiports in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard21 January 2021

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to welcome Chuck Clauser, Senior Director of Architecture at PS&S Architecture and Engineering and a registered architect with 47 years’ experience, as a guest. He currently serves as Lead for...

LIFT Aircraft’s Kevin Rustagi tells us about its HEXA eVTOL in first podcast of 2021

Jason Pritchard7 January 2021

In the first podcast episode of the new year, we were joined by Kevin Rustagi, Director of Business Operations at LIFT Aircraft. Kevin talked about the company's HEXA eVTOL ultralight and its features, and how it will enable people to experience ...

SAMAD Aerospace’s founder Dr Seyed Mohseni talks about its Starling hybrid-electric jet in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard17 December 2020

This week's episode sees us talk to SAMAD Aerospace's Dr Seyed Mohseni, who goes into more detail about the company's family of Starling aircraft and its vision for the world's first eVTOL aviation innovation village. The Starling Jet is expected...

Elroy Air’s Kofi Asante talks about its autonomous VTOL, Chaparral, and how it can transform future air cargo deliveries

Jason Pritchard3 December 2020

In this week's podcast episode, we were delighted to welcome Kofi Asante, Elroy Air's Head of Strategy and Business Development, as our guest. The company is currently developing its autonomous VTOL aircraft, Chaparral, which is an end-to-end hea...

CIVATAglobal’s Andrew Charlton talks about the first trade association for Advanced Air Mobility

Jason Pritchard19 November 2020

This week's podcast episode features Andrew Charlton, Director General of CIVATAglobal, the world's first trade association dedicated to the Advanced Air Mobility sector. Andrew has spent all of his career in aviation, and he gave us an overview ...

Adam Cohen joins the podcast discussion about the integration of Urban Air Mobility into communities

Jason Pritchard12 November 2020

Our latest podcast guest is Adam Cohen, Senior Research Manager at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at UC Berkeley, California. He has recently completed a few exploratory studies of the opportunities and challenges of Urban Air...

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium’s (CAAM) objectives revealed with JR Hammond

Jason Pritchard29 October 2020

In this week's episode, we were joined by JR Hammond, Executive Director of Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium (CAAM). Following the launch of the multi-stakeholder group yesterday (Wednesday), JR talks about the background behind setting ...

Flight Crowd Co-Founder Mariya Tarabanovska talks about building public trust of eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard22 October 2020

This week's guest on our podcast is Mariya Tarabanovska, Co-Founder of Flight Crowd, a Urban Air Mobility platform which has been set up to help grow the public perception of the industry. Mariya talks to us the background behind setting up Fligh...

Dufour Aerospace talks about its aEro3 project and electric aviation vision in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard15 October 2020

In this week's podcast episode, we were joined by Dufour Aerospace's Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Pfammatter, and Chief Technology Officer, Jasmine Kent. They talked to us in more detail about their vision for electric aviation, and also revea...

Clem Newton-Brown gives his insight on the potential of Urban Air Mobility in Australia

Jason Pritchard8 October 2020

This week's podcast episode is a really interesting discussion with Clem Newton-Brown, who has set up Skyportz and is looking to create a network of landing sites for eVTOL aircraft in Melbourne - the first international test city for Uber Air. H...

Faradair Aerospace’s Founder and Managing Director talks about its BEHA M1H aircraft and Duxford relocation

Jason Pritchard17 September 2020

The next episode in our series of podcasts is now live, and this week's guest is Neil Cloughley, Founder and Managing Director of Faradair Aerospace. The UK company is currently developing its Bio Electric-Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA) M1H, which is due...

Metro Hop Founder and CEO joins the eVTOLInsights.com podcast

Jason Pritchard10 September 2020

The latest episode in our podcast series is now live, and this week's guest is Bruno Mombrinie, CEO and Founder of Metro Hop. The company is developing its cargo plane which features a unique patent-pending landing system for short take-off and l...

Transcend Air talks more about its Vy 400 aircraft and commuter service in latest podcast

Jason Pritchard3 September 2020

The next episode in our podcast series about the eVTOL and urban air mobility markets is now live, and this week's guests are Greg Bruell and Peter Schmidt from Transcend Air. Greg is CEO of the company, while Peter is Chief Operating Officer, an...

Flock’s Sales and Marketing Lead talks more about company’s exciting role in the industry

Jason Pritchard27 August 2020

The latest episode in our series of podcasts is now live, and this week's guest is Sam Golden, Sales and Marketing Lead at Flock. The company is the one of world's leading eVTOL and UAV insurance specialists, and Sam talks about the exciting pro...