Talking to the UK's youngest licensed pilot 👩‍✈️, flying electric (car)planes 🛩 and much more

What we've been up to:

We were delighted to be nominated and then finalists in the Accelerator category in the 2020 Europas Awards - congrats to SetSquared who ended up taking the win!

We joined Seraphim Space Camp's latest cohort at the recent Investor Showcase to celebrate the conclusion of Mission 5. Congrats to the teams graduating!

Wil joined a panel of esteemed judges last week to hear pitches from QTEC's latest batch of startups driving quantum computing forward.

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News from the network:

Congratulations to cohort 1 alumni Doug, Veera, Callum and the team for being recognised as a high potential business by London & Partners! Good luck with the Summer 2020 cohort of the Business Growth Programme!

We really enjoyed this interview with Boeing Field Services Engineer Anne McIlveen.

Another congrats to alumni Ian and Jordan for being shortlisted for the 2020 TeesTech Awards!

Did you know Ellie Carter is Britain’s youngest licensed pilot? She hit the headlines on her 16th birthday after she became the youngest person in the country to fly solo in a powered aircraft.

Get your engines ready and learn how Plyable, an Industry 4.0 supplier, offers F1 the opportunity to find more marginal gains and drive winning efficiency throughout the manufacturing process!

Flying car race tests will begin later this year — ushering in a new flying car infrastructure.

If you’re a startup founder (or you know someone who is) interested in applying for our next cohort, please follow us on Twitter to learn about our revised application dates. If you’d like to talk to the team, you can sign up here for an Office Hours call.

We are also always looking to hear from potential partners, investors and stakeholders on how we can create the best programme for aerospace startups in the UK. If you’d like to have a chat, please get in touch!

For more information, please contact the ATI Boeing Accelerator team:

Gabi Matic (Programme Director):  gm@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/gabrielamatic

Wil Benton (Venture & Ecosystem Director): wb@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/fatkidonfire

Ksenia Kurileva (Programme Associate):  kk@atiboeingaccelerator.com | linkedin.com/in/kseniakurileva