<p>Instead of being stuck in gridlock traffic what if you could rise above it all - and quickly and comfortably fly to your urban destination in a 2-person pod the size of a Smart car? That's the idea behind Volocopter, An urban air taxi.</p> <p>Jan-Hendrik Boelens, Chief Technology Officer at Volocopter, joins Eugene Hoeven on this episode of the Aviation Innovation Podcast.</p>

Instead of being stuck in gridlock traffic what if you could rise above it all - and quickly and comfortably fly to your urban destination in a 2-person pod the size of a Smart car? That's the idea behind Volocopter, An urban air taxi. Jan-Hendrik Boelens, Chief Technology Officer at Volocopter, joins Eugene Hoeven on this episode of the Aviation Innovation Podcast.

To the City Hopper, Not the Chopper

It's been more than a century since man took to the sky, and the aviation industry has been a bastion of innovation ever since. But is it up for creating the future we all dream of? With air travel projected to double within the next 20 years, the industry is facing many new challenges as well as new opportunities. In this podcast, industry veteran and management consultant Eugene Hoeven will interview entrepreneurs and innovators, venture capitalists and incubators, industry executives, government policy-makers and regulators, and top academics so that you will learn of the innovations and emergent technologies affecting aviation and air transport, and the strategies and tactics for their successful introduction into the transportation and mobility ecosystem. 
Hit SUBSCRIBE and join Eugene every other Tuesday for a new episode you will not want to miss. Full show notes are available at www.ehaconsulting.org/podcast. FOLLOW Eugene on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ehoeven/ and on Twitter at @EHAConsulting

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It's been more than a century since man took to the sky, and the aviation industry has been a bastion of innovation ever since. But is it up for creating the future we all dream of? With air travel projected to double within the next 20 years, the industry is facing many new challenges as well as new opportunities. In this podcast, industry veteran and management consultant Eugene Hoeven will interview entrepreneurs and innovators, venture capitalists and incubators, industry executives, government policy-makers and regulators, and top academics so that you will learn of the innovations and emergent technologies affecting aviation and air transport, and the strategies and tactics for their successful introduction into the transportation and mobility ecosystem. Hit SUBSCRIBE and join Eugene every other Tuesday for a new episode you will not want to miss. Full show notes are available at www.ehaconsulting.org/podcast. FOLLOW Eugene on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ehoeven/ and on Twitter at @EHAConsulting

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