Developers Of A VTOL Jet For Civil And Government Applications

Morgan Aircraft LLC, which has developed what it says is the world's first Civil VTOL Jet, has announced that it has been chosen as one of only 7 innovative companies invited to give presentations at the EAA AirVenture Fly-In on July 27th. The venue will be the 2nd Annual "AeroInnovate Pitch & Mingle" event, held in the Founders Wing of the EAA Museum at 1830. The presentation will be given by Morgan's co-founders, Brian Morgan, President, and Mark O'Halloran, CEO. This presentation marks the fifth anniversary of the company, which was founded after its first subscale demonstrations at AirVenture 2005.

"We will be reporting on the progress made over the last five years of rigorous engineering, computer modeling by three independent laboratories, and flight testing 10 subscale prototypes," said Brian Morgan. "Since the formation of Morgan Aircraft in 2005, we have spent $7 million verifying that the technology has caught up to the concept of a VTOL Civil Jet which can take travelers door-to-door, requiring only a 50-foot clearing to safely land and take off," added Mark O'Halloran, CEO of the advancing aviation concern.

"In November of 2009, our second patent was issued for additional methods of aircraft attitude control. This broadened the coverage of our initial patent issued in January 2005 which detailed the aero-mechanical configuration of our Extremely Maneuverable Jet (EM-J). This additional patent protection allows us to finally tell the public about the advances we have been making behind closed doors for the last 5 years.", said Dan Wright, Director of Operations.

Morgan has teamed with CAE Associates to perform an independent Computational Fluid Dynamics study as part of Morgan's overall Technical Validation Process, which is 80% complete. The presentation will include photos and video of many of the ten subscale prototypes which were flown to study the aerodynamics of this unique configuration.

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