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JWilsonphoto wrote:
Just wrapped up one of the most exciting assignments in my long career, it was amazing from a personal standpoint and an incredible privilege to be asked to be involved. The conference was a very hush-hush gathering of The Who's Who in EVTOL technologies, airframes, propulsion, battery technology, avionics, weather diagnostics, and the technologies that will have to talk to each other to make all of this possible. Three days of presentations and brainstorming from the likes of Airbus, Uber, Rolls Royce,Tesla, Garmin, Honeywell, 100 or so in all including top Venture Capitalists from around the world. As I photographed and had the opportunity to soak up one presentation and discussion after another, I realized that what I was witnessing was a revolution in invention and thought that rivals Wilbur & Orville, or Edison. Everyone shared ideas, successes/failures, each enterprise grappling with their individual challenges but all converging on the same goal, autonomous travel, in the air and on the ground but this was primarily aviation oriented. One presenter was one of the top minds in aerodynamics and has been studying birds in all flight regimes, birds in wind tunnels, was the first to analyze their motions with high speed still and video equipment his presentation, my personal favorite was nothing short of incredible. Then there were the geniuses that have been studying batteries and all their characteristics, obviously a critical component which, without huge advances, will doom the whole concept of E-Flight. Most of their presentations lost me in short order, but I got the drift.
Three days, 12 hours a day, culminated this afternoon with me spending a few hours with my good friend Ross Perot Jr. and President George W. Bush. Like I said, amazing, energizing, humbling and exhausting, I loved every minute of it!...Show more →
Three days x twelve hours ….. hummm…… nice to see that you’re taking things a little easier just lately. But like you say – what an event. 
BTW, have you booked Chandler to help with the decorations marathon this year? Oh go on – you know you want to! 
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Sheila and I were just discussing that very subject. Odd, my flying/photography buddy seems to vanish (along with every other family member) when work is on the horizon. This will be James III's first Christmas where he is aware enough to take it all in so the process will begin this weekend. James is welded to my leg these days (no complaints!!) so I'm confident he will want to "help" me, my guess is that won't add more than 100% to the total task.. I bought a beautiful 12' tree right after Christmas last year, the discussion this morning, as I nursed my aching shoulders, feet and lower back, centered around the tree and how to decorate it.
