Aerolane’s founding team pulls from decades of experience building and certifying new aviation concepts. We understood that concepts are nice, but that flight hours are what matter.
Aerolane has been running flight tests since 2022 across a wide swath of the southern US.
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Aerolane’s towed glider technologies use the same fundamental principles that enabled the Allies to dominate the skies over Europe nearly a century ago.
Co-founder & CEO at Aerolane. Formerly: BNSF Railway field operations & innovation team, co-founder BNSF Railway UAS Program & Advanced Train Operations group, FAA Pathfinder 3 (BVLOS), FAA/BNSF CRDA Program, FAA Drone Advisory Committee/ AAAC member, multiple FAA Advisory and Rule-making committees, Board of Directors AUVSI, Active private pilot.
Co-founder & CTO at Aerolane. Formerly Chief UAS Test Pilot, Amazon Prime Air; specialist for Thin and Long Arc Logistics with Amazon Transportation; test pilot across multiple UAS platforms with Israel Aerospace Industries, co-authored NATO STANAG (NATO UAV standards); pilot with Israeli Air Force (Fighter, Cargo and UAS)
Co-founder and Commercial Affairs at Aerolane. Previously investor & founder in a variety of energy & transport related technology companies; executive director at EVage Motors (Indian EV commercial truck supplier to Amazon), DutchX (same & next day ecommerce fulfillment in US market); Port Power (fleet electrification software startup); Operating Partner at RedBlue Capital; ex-principal at Maniv Mobility and OurCrowd VC.
Chief Pilot at Aerolane. Wide array of pilot roles since 1979 including airline captain, check airman & chief pilot; ISR/CAS pilot for 12 years flying L-39 and C-310 for Coastal Defense JTAC training; lifelong glider pilot; test pilot for Gemini International and NAWEC; aircraft design for Global ResQ; warbird instructor; A&P mechanic, CFII, MEI, ATP with 5 type ratings.
Chief Revenue Officer at Aerolane. Diverse business & technology career spanning from aerospace to real estate. Formerly with Boeing - Program Integration Manager, Flight Test Engineer, and Design & Analysis Engineer working across 737-10, 747-8, and 787-8 models. Formerly Amazon Prime Air - Flight Operations Engineer. Previous work with UTAS on CH-53K APU. Extensive real estate experience including personal career transactions north of half a billion USD. MS Aerospace Eng from UCLA; Dual MBAs from Cornell & Queen's University Kingston.
40 years in industry & FAA. Direct experience in regulatory process, aircraft certification, delegation systems, surveillance programs and policies, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) certification and operations. Previously Deputy Director of the Aircraft Certification Service at the FAA. Before that he was Manager of the Production and Airworthiness division where he oversaw FAA manufacturing policies, designee and delegation systems, international supplier programs, aircraft import and export policies, and related technical training curriculum.