Tag: Electric Aviation
A Pivotal Moment in Personal Aviation #ces2024
Could January 8th, 2024 be considered a Wright Brothers moment for personal aviation? That is the day Pivotal started taking orders for their personal electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), Helix. As seen in the above video, filmed that same day, Pivotal’s Hayley Duncan provides an overview of this unique aircraft. Pilot’s License Not…
Viodi View -04/27/24
The adage “garbage in/garbage out” comes to mind thanks to a recent Viodi post. A popular social media site was the lucky recipient of this article (see the Korner for more details). Thanks again to the Broadband Forum, my employer, for supporting this newsletter. The content, views, and opinions expressed herein are not those of the…
Viodi View – 10/15/22
The pains of travel are more than rewarded with the human connection it makes possible. From CES to the Smart Driving Car Summit to the Independent Show, this issue features some of those connections. And speaking of ConneXions, look for Viodi at Calix’s must-see event starting tomorrow and going through Tuesday. Reunion of the Work…
Whisk Over the Traffic Jams & Beyond
With seemingly daily announcements (e.g. yesterday’s Joby/Delta home to airport press release) about electric aviation, particularly electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), it is easy to believe that we are at the peak of inflated expectations for this mode of travel. Underlying the public proclamations, glitzy graphics, and slick video animations, there are thousands of…
Viodi View – 03/31/21
The conversion of supply chains to supply webs was the theme of a recent Wall Street Journal article by the ever-insightful Christopher Mims. The premise that companies that rely on single points of failure are vulnerable to outside events applies to the telecom world. From a national security perspective, competition in the last-mile network provides…
Electric Flight Taking Off Again at TVF 22
The Vertical Flight Society was back in San Jose in 2022 bigger and better than ever with more than 50 technical paper presentations and 50+ invited talks, plus 20 exhibitors. The hybrid nature of the online/in-person Transformative Vertical Flight 2022 meeting allowed speakers and attendees to join remotely from around the world. The above interview with…
