Joshua Portlock, Co-founder, Director and Chief Technology Officer for Electro.Aero in Perth, Australia, has a heady set of ambitions.\u00a0 He and Rob Belaga presented a simple electric vertical takeoff and landing machine, FlyKart, at two different symposia in northern California two years ago, and presented a refined version for the Boeing GoFly competition shortly thereafter.\u00a0 They\u2019ve made it to the finals of the $2,000,000 contest and will be in the February, 2020 flyoff.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, he\u2019s started a flight training program using Pipistrel\u2019s Alpha Electro trainer, and is partnering with an almost bewildering\u00a0 set of industry, government and academic leaders, including Ampaire, Bye Aerospace, E\/S\/Aero, NASA, Pipistrel, University of Western Australia, and Zero Emissions Vehicles Australia.\u00a0 Joshua gives a rundown in his down-under TED Talk.<\/p>\n