David King is the chief engineer at Vertical Aerospace, a British company developing an eVTOL — an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft — intended to work like a flying taxi.
If he could give his 25-year-old self one piece of advice, King said, it would be: “Don’t be afraid of the unknown.”
“Just discover, and embrace the discovery, and learn as you go, but get to discovery safely and effectively,” he told Business Insider.
King, who has more than 35 years of experience in aerospace, spoke to Business Insider at July’s Farnborough Airshow, where Vertical’s VX4 prototype became the first eVTOL to publicly perform a transition flight…
