FUTURE AVIATION

[Richie]

I have always had a fascination for aviation from when I was a kid. Almost every birthday or Christmas I'd ask my parents for the latest model aeroplane which I enjoyed assembling. I had everything from the famous Battle of Britain Spitfire to an American Flying Fortress heavy bomber hanging from my bedroom ceiling. I became inspired by the aviation feats of Australias world leading pioneers such as Ross & Keith Smith, Charles Kingsford-Smith, Bert Hinkler, Nancy Bird-Walton and foreigners Charles Lindberg, Louis Bleriot, Amelia Earhart. My father was a pilot and 60 years later so was my son.

 

[Richie]

Sydney-based AMSL Aero have taken the first orders for 26 of its hybrid hydrogen-electric eVTOL Vertiia aircraft. This follows the first complete test flight in November of the prototype electric -motored, tilt-wing hovering/flying machine.​

AMSL Aero CEO Max York attributed the dual milestones to the ''vision and skills of his incredible, focused team'' and that the Australian aeronautical company was now ''on a very short list of global leaders in advanced eVTOL research and development. ''.This landmark is proof that the design we pioneered seven years ago is a success"