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The Zenith Homecoming event kicks off on September 20 at the company’s kit factory in Mexico, Missouri. The two-day schedule is packed full of aviation-related fun. This event is the 33rd annual Open Hangar and Fly-In at the Zenith kit aircraft factory. It contains several opportunities to learn new skills, including aircraft building seminars and workshops. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which owns NetJets and Executive Jet Management, recently reached a market value of $1 trillion. They are the only non-tech company to have passed this milestone. Other trillion-dollar club members include Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and
Navigating The Path To Certification
While walking the line of NBAA-BACE, ANN Editor-in-Chief Jim Campbell spotted one of Volocopter’s demonstrators on the ramp, giving attendees a close-up look at the electric VTOL aircraft. Oliver Reinhardt, Chief Certification Officer for Volocopter, talked a little bit about the path to certification the company has navigated. The model at NBAA, as it happens, was an older iteration of the Volocopter flagship design, a Gen-4. The 5th generation sports some revisions to the aerodynamics and battery efficiency, but most of the basic elements are the same to the average NBAA passer-by. Volocopter
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