PRESS RELEASE – 01/02/2023
SKYFLY TECHNOLOGIES LTD – skyfly.aero
Contact information:
Adam Landau – Head of Communications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oriens Aviation founder invests in Skyfly VCA
- Edwin Brenninkmeyer, founder and CEO of UK based Oriens Aviation and investor in complimentary US aviation businesses, has joined Skyfly as a strategic investor, offering his experience and expertise
- Oriens Aviation is a UK-based aircraft dealership, service centre and operator, working with exclusive rights in the British Isles to represent major business and general aviation Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
- Edwin’s U.S. investments are in disruptive and innovative aerospace markets, uniquely positioned to generate demand for future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operators
- Edwin will use his marketing infrastructure and networks to advance the unique proposition of the Axe VCA, with a specific focus on the Axe as a cost-effective fixed-wing/eVTOL trainer aircraft
“I know Edwin well, and aside from being a professional, high level commercial pilot, he is extremely knowledgeable in the business aviation space, thanks to his venture capital background, his investments in complementary businesses in the USA and his experience from building his firm from a start-up to a well-diversified business aviation service provider in just a few years. His strict analysis, client and supplier networks, experience, knowledge and skills are invaluable for Skyfly, while the sales and marketing network he has built will get the Axe in front of all the right customers.”
– Jaap Rademaker, CCO Skyfly
Edwin holds an MBA from Oxford University in business aviation and airport operating models. As well as running Oriens Aviation, he is also a commercial and private pilot, and has a passion for flying to the very highest standards of professionalism and safety, whether flying corporate jets for his charter business or performing aerobatics in high-performance ex-military jets. With his long-standing family business background, including institutional venture capital experience, Edwin thinks long-term and he has a real passion for doing business ethically and with the highest levels of integrity.
“I am delighted that Edwin, like us, identifies the gap in the market for the affordable 180,000 USD Axe eVTOL, recognises the quality of our engineers and appreciates the unique aspects of the Axe design, which make it the only two-seat electric VCA (Vertically-Capable Aircraft) that can be flown both like an airplane and a helicopter, and the only one which can be flown on an existing private pilot license.”
– Jaap Rademaker, CCO Skyfly
“Aside from the excellent team, the genius of the Axe lies in its sheer simplicity. This translates directly into safety and low operating costs, while still offering the remarkable versatility of far more complex machines that speculatively rely on infrastructure that does not yet exist to make them viable. The Axe targets a different market, being aimed at private pilots, and using infrastructure that already exists. Additionally, the Axe can operate within a largely pre-existing regulatory framework already enjoyed by very light rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.”
– Edwin Brenninkmeyer, CEO Oriens Aviation
To find out more about the Axe visit www.skyfly.aero
To watch a video of our prototype flying, visit our YouTube channel.
The Axe VCA by Skyfly
You have arrived. Faster, cleaner, safer, smarter.