Ivor van Dartel (38) designed his first electric aircraft when still a Aerospace Engineering student at TU Delft, with a group of 10 students, back in 2007. After finishing his MSc final thesis project within Lockheed Martin on the F-35 electrical system, Ivor joined Airbus to work on several positions in engineering, operations, manufacturing, program management and research & technology. He was project leader for the Hybrid Electric Propulsion System of the E-Fan X Hybrid Electric Demonstrator. Late last year, Ivor and his co-founder Dr. Sebastian Seemann founded Vaeridion.