Virgin Galatic Test Pilot Jameel Janjua joins Horizon Aircraft’s Board of Directors

New Hori­zon Air­craft Ltd, doing busi­ness as Hori­zon Air­craft, have announced esteemed test pilot-astro­naut Jameel Jan­jua has joined its Board of Direc­tors.

In a press release issued yes­ter­day (Wednes­day), the com­pa­ny said Jan­jua’s knowl­edge and exten­sive expe­ri­ence with aero­space flight and busi­ness oper­a­tions will be a valu­able addi­tion to the Board, as the com­pa­ny builds its full-scale pro­to­type of the Cavorite X7 and pre­pares it to under­go the air­craft cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process.

Com­ment­ing on his new role, Jan­jua said: “Hori­zon Air­craft is rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing region­al air mobil­i­ty with its hybrid elec­tric, fan-in-wing VTOL design. The Cavorite X7 has the abil­i­ty to pro­vide enhanced solu­tions for both civil­ian and mil­i­tary mis­sions, and by join­ing the Board I can help ensure our busi­ness exe­cu­tion
strat­e­gy is tight­ly aligned with deliv­er­ing the safest pos­si­ble cer­ti­fied air­craft.”

Jan­jua is a world-lead­ing expert in exper­i­men­tal test flight and has pro­vid­ed lead­er­ship for space mis­sions, bil­lion-dol­lar aero­space pro­grams and has been an advi­sor to aero­space star­tups as they nav­i­gate through tech­ni­cal and busi­ness mile­stones.

For­mer­ly serv­ing as a fight­er pilot in the Roy­al Cana­di­an Air Force and as an instruc­tor at USAF
Test Pilot School, Jan­jua moved on to become an exper­i­men­tal test pilot with more than 5,500
hours flown in more than 65 air­craft. Cur­rent­ly, he is a test pilot for Vir­gin Galac­tic.

Jameel also holds a Bach­e­lor of Engi­neer­ing from the Roy­al Mil­i­tary Col­lege of Cana­da, a Mas­ter of
Sci­ence from MIT in Aero­nau­tics and Aero­nau­tics and recent­ly earned an MBA from The
Whar­ton School.

Hori­zon Air­craft Co-Founder and CEO Bran­don Robin­son, added: “Jameel join­ing our Board is a
huge win for our team in more ways than one. Hav­ing some­one of his cal­iber pro­vide insight
and men­tor­ship will help us make the Cavorite X7 a leader in aero­space safe­ty and be ready to
fly real-world mis­sions.”