Urban Air Mobility Association Switzerland
A glance at the commercial register shows that Electra.aero Schweiz GmbH was founded just a few weeks ago, located directly at the Aerodrome Langenthal in Bleienbach.
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The aviation industry is composed of many jobs such as pilot, flight attendant or air traffic controllers, but there are other jobs which are pretty unknown, and very important for the functioning of the airport or an airline. One of our co-founders, Valentin Sierro had the opportunity to interview a former flight dispatcher, Vincent Grondin. He has worked for more than 20 years for a private company at the Geneva airport and he shared his experience with us as well as his thoughts on Urban Air Mobility.
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For several months now, the pandemic has been raging around the world. There is an economic impact on many sectors and the aviation sector is no exception. Aircraft production is falling, and airlines are slowing down or even stopping their activities.
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In mid-February we had the chance to participate at the First Swiss drone industry-academia gathering in Bern, organised by the Drone Industry Association Switzerland (DIAS) and hosted by the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA). The who-is-who of the entire Swiss drone industry and universities were on site. A very compact, highly interesting event! Start-ups and other stakeholders in the field of Urban Air Mobility and eVTOL aircrafts were present too.
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On February 5th, we attended an event focused on space and earth innovation. The event took place in Payerne, at the Swiss Aeropole’s technology park and was organized by the HEIG-VD (School of Management and Engineering Vaud).
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On December 5th, board members of UAMAS had the chance to attend the Foresight Aerospace 2019 event which took place in London and reunited diverse stakeholders involved in the urban air mobility field such as engineers, regulators, entrepreneurs, consultants and more.
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Vertical mobility exists since centuries but has been concrete from the beginning of the 20th century. To find the very first sketch using vertical take-off and landing, you have to go back to Da Vinci time (1452-1519). Da Vinci’s sketch was a first glimpse of what could be an aircraft in the future.
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We at UAMAS truly believe that Switzerland is a perfect place to develop the new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles technology. According to us, many indicators shows that eVTOL can be developed safely and in a perfect environment. Although Switzerland is small by its size, it is leading in many fields such as pharmaceuticals, electronics, new technologies and more.
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