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Editorial
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Global effort
TThe development of autonomous flying eVTOLs aircraft is
the first disruptive moment of aviation in the 21st century.
Expertise of the top engineers in many fields are needed as
a collaboration with the authorities around the world. As automation
and electrification are main targets in all other fields
of transportation - the way to the success is also marked by
cooperation with these other fields. Electrification and computerization
are the keys and automation helps to implement
this new technology in potential business cases with an economy
of scale.
If you watch the teams of the most promising projects, they
are all very international, because if you want the best in your
team - you do not look for the nationality, you just look who
is the best. As new developments in the connected field are
happening around the world, networking between the best
heads and projects is more necessary than ever. That’s why
we organize or support international Meetings like AERO / e-
Flight-Expo in Europe, Oshkosh-Cafe-EAS in US and why we
founded the eFlight-Forum in China. That’s why the international
Team of eFlight Journal (eFJ) is providing this communication
platform. On the internet and printed for special occasions
like the events above. As we think China is one of the
largest markets for these rising Green Technologies- and as
a courtesy to our hosts from Z-park Alliance, this issue of eFJ
is for the first time is bilingual English/Chinese and published
in a cooperation with Flying China, Chinas first independent
GA Magazine.
In times where not only politicians praise nationalism, the development
of the new autonomous eVTOL, proves that international
cooperation can solve the international problems
of transportation and ecology much better than any nation
alone.
Willi Tacke
Xin Gou
3 / 2018
e Flight Journal
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