The Allplane Podcast

Lukas Kaestner is the co-founder of Sustainable Aero Lab, a Hamburg-based startup accelerator that aims to nurture the new generation of sustainable aviation startups. He’s been in the podcast to share how they are going to do this and how Sustainable Aero Lab fits into the broader Hamburg aviation ecosystem.

Carmen Murer is the head of corporate communications at Synhelion, a Swiss startup that aims to produce sustainable aviation fuels from sunlight and water. This is a fascinating new technology that has drawn the attention of major aviation firms such as Lufthansa Group and Zurich airport.What are the pros and cons of this technology? What are the prospects of it becoming mainstream within this decade? Why synthetic aviation fuels can be an important tool in the quest to decarbonize aviation?Carmen answers to these and other questions on today’s episode of the podcast.

Olav Mosvol Larsen, head of the carbon reduciton programme at Avinor, the firm that operates all of Norway’s airports, explains how airports can drive sustainability in the aviation industry.In this episode of the podcast, Olav explains how Avinor became a leader in aviation sustainability and how it is engaging with many other players in the Norwegian and international aviation ecosystem to push for ever more ambitious environmental targets.We also talk about the obstacles along the way towards green flying and Avinor is sorting them out to become a reference in the field of sustainable aviation.

The Air Race E is going to be the first all-electric air race. With the support of aviation giants such as Airbus, Jeff Zaltman, a veteran of the air racing world, is designing the ultimate air race with the technologies that are expected to define the future of aviation.How does Air Race E work? Where and when is the race going to take place? Who’s going to take part in it?Listen to today’s episode of the podcast for all the details!

Tomas Brødreskift is the founder and CEO of Equator Aircraft, a Norwegian startup that is developing an electric seaplane that promises to open the country’s many fjords and lakes to a carbon-free form fo transportation…and we shall add, “recreation” too, because the light seaplane model Equator Aircraft will have space for bikes, skis and even kayaks!Despite their versatility, seaplanes have an extra layer of complexity when compared with land planes and this gets compounded when you power it with an emerging, developing technology. In this episode we have a frank conversation with Tomas about these challenges and the difficulty of building a new aircraft type from scratch, but also about the transformative power of electric aviation and how it can be transformative for private aviation.

Faradair is a British startup that intends to transform regional air mobility, for both passengers and cargo, with its BEHA (bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft), an eye-catching 18-seat hybrid-electric STOL aircraft with a triple staggered box wing. Its founder, Neil Cloughley comes on the pod to share the details about this project as well as its ambitious plans to build hundreds of this aircraft and operate them all over the world.

Sydney Seaplanes is the largest seaplane operator in Australia. Its founder and CEO, Aaron Shaw, has come on the podcast to share his plans to transition to a carbon-free fleet as soon as possible. In this episode we talk about seaplanes, entrepreneurship and, last but not least, about Aaron’s plans to make of Sydney Seaplanes a green aviation trailblazer.

Alexandre Feray, a former Air France executive, founded Open Airlines when he saw the opportunity to develop software that helped airlines save fuel and lower carbon emissions.Open Airlines algorithms ingest lots of airline flight data to come up with actionable recommendations that pilots can use to fly smarter and more efficiently.In this episode of the podcast we talk with Alexandre about his entrepreneurial journey and about the ways technology can start contributing to lower aviation’s carbon footprint already today, without having to wait for a moonshot to succeed.

Ivo Boscarol is the founder and driving force behind Pipistrel, a leading player in the field of electric aircraft manufacturing. In this episode of the podcast we review Ivo’s story, from making gliders in Slovenia more than three decades ago, its push into electric aviation way before it was fashionable, the many records, awards and milestones achieved along the way as well as the ambitious growth plans of this family-owned aircraft maker…

French aerospace entrepreneur David Gazellot is paying homage to one of the pioneers of French aviation with its new green aviation project: Avions Mauboussin.David joins us on the podcast to explain this fascinating project to create a family of brand new hybrid STOL aircraft for regional air travel. And we also review, of course, the story of the historical Mauboussin, its time and its acomplishments.