THE WORLD's FIRST ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING JET. SECRET SPACE PROGRAM. (HELIODA1)

The Lilium Jet

All-electric. Affordable. With the Push of a Button.

The Aircraft for Everyone

Lilium | Mission

https://lilium.com/mission/

Electric flying car that takes off vertically could be future of transport | Business | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/21/electric-flying-car-lilium-google-uber-vtol-jet-taxi

Life at Lilium

Our team has the mission to enable a world in which everybody can fly anytime, anywhere. We work with passion and dedication to make our vision become reality. We are excited by possibilities and love to handle challenging situations. We embrace the diversity of our international team, which helps us to reflect problems and consider various angles to come up with the best possible solution, every day.

We empower our people. When you start here at Lilium you will be given a great deal of responsibility and opportunities from day one. You can go as far as you like or be an expert in your field - you are the master of your own career path at Lilium. We are growing at a fast pace and you will be working with many brilliant minds from around the globe. We collaborate and challenge each other - always aiming at the same overall goal: To deliver the best electric VTOL air service in the world.

We enjoy each other’s company at work and during our social events, weekly lunches and other fun things to do. Although we have general perks like flexible working hours and fresh fruits, nothing beats a company with great colleagues and meaningful work that impacts humanity.

Friday 21 April 2017 14.55 BSTLast modified on Friday 21 April 2017 22.00 BST

The once fanciful concept of flying cars appears to be a step closer to reality, after a German company completed successful test flights of a “flying taxi”.

Munich-based Lilium, backed by investors who include Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, said the planned five-seater jet, which will be capable of vertical take-off and landing, could be used for urban air-taxi and ride-sharing services.

In flight tests, a two-seat prototype executed manoeuvres that included a mid-air transition from hover mode – like a drone – to wing-borne flight - like a conventional aircraft, Lilium said.

FacebookTwitterPinterest

Lilium’s electric VTOL jet

Potential competitors to Lilium Jet include much bigger players such as Airbus, the maker of commercial airliners and helicopters that aims to test a prototype self-piloted, single-seat “flying car” later in 2017.

Advertisement

The Slovakian firm AeroMobil said at a car show in Monaco on Thursday it would start taking orders for a hybrid flying car that can drive on roads. It said it planned production from 2020.

But makers of “flying cars” still face hurdles, including convincing regulators and the public that their products can be used safely. Governments are still grappling with regulations for drones and driverless cars.

Lilium said its jet, with a range of 190 miles and cruising speed of 186mph, is the only electric aircraft capable of both vertical take-off and jet-powered flight.

The jet, whose power consumption is comparable to an electric car, could offer passenger flights at prices comparable to normal taxis but with speeds five times faster, Lilium said.

Other potential rivals include the crowd-funded e-volo, a firm based near Mannheim that has said it expects to receive special regulatory approval for its two-seat “multicopter” with 18 rotors to be used as flying taxis in pilot projects by 2018.

Terrafugia, based outside the US city of Boston and founded 11 years ago by MIT graduates, aims to build a mass-market flying car, while the US-Israeli firm Joby Aviation has said it is working on a four-seater drone.

Google, Tesla and Uber have also reportedly shown interest in the new technology.

Simplicity was our Most Complicated Goal

At Lilium, we have invented a completely new aircraft concept for the modern age. While vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) itself is not new – after all, quadcopters, tilt rotors and tilt wings are well-known concepts – we did not want to accept the compromises inherent to these configurations.

Quadcopters excel with their simplicity but are highly inefficient in cruise flight. Transition aircraft can fly three times faster and ten times further with an equally sized battery, but system complexity is usually much higher.

So, the goal was set: defining a transition aircraft concept with better performance in safety, noise, speed, range and payload than existing concepts, while cutting complexity to one third.

We challenged physical limitations, mechanical complexity and energy laws, until we came up with something new and unique. Something simple and efficient.

Sounds quite complicated? Find out what we did.

• 

  Low Noise

• 

  Simplicity

• 

  High Speed

• 

  Emission Free

• 

  Low Operating Cost

Two Modes. Seamless Transition.

The Lilium Jet consists of a rigid winged body with 12 flaps. Each one carries three electric jet engines. Depending on the flight mode, the flaps tilt from a vertical into a horizontal position. At take-off, all flaps are tilted vertical, so that the engines can lift the aircraft. Once airborne, the flaps gradually tilt into a horizontal position, leading the aircraft to accelerate. When they have reached complete horizontal position, all lift necessary to stay aloft is provided by the wings as on a conventional airplane.

The world’s first electric vertical take-off and landing jet

• 

  300 km range

  Travel from London to Paris in one hour.

• 

  300 km/h speed

  
  

The Aircraft for Everyone

Lilium enables you to travel 5 times faster than a car by introducing the world’s first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet: an air taxi for up to 5 people. You won’t have to own one, you will simply pay per ride and call it with a push of a button. It’s our mission to make air taxis available to everyone and as affordable as riding a car.

In 1894, Otto Lilienthal began experimenting with the first gliders and imagined a future in which we could all fly wherever we want, whenever we want. Lilium is turning that dream into reality. We are bringing personalized, clean and affordable air travel to everyone.

Take-off and Land Anywhere

Quiet electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is the technology that will change travel forever. It enables you to access city centres with an aircraft. A large network of small and inexpensive landing pads and central places in cities will allow you to quickly enter an aircraft anytime and fly anywhere you want. Leaving the city after a stressful day will soon be transformed into a thrilling ride. By travelling through the air you’ll be able to avoid time-consuming traffic jams, while enjoying a magnificent view.

Your Air Taxi.

Fast and Convenient.

Imagine reducing your one-hour commute from home to work down to 15 minutes. Imagine never being stuck in traffic again, and paying not more than the cost of a train fare. Depending on your commute, you could save as much as 2 hours every day, time better spent with your friends and family, or pursuing other interests. All you would need to do is call your Lilium air taxi to meet you at the nearby landing pad.

Take off with the Push of a Button

Whether you need to get to a meeting quickly, or plan your family ride to the airport: just select a landing pad nearby, and your jet will be ready for you in a few minutes. A network of landing pads and jets allows you to quickly reserve a jet at the appropriate time. We are working actively with leading mobility service providers to deliver a seamless user experience from booking through to landing.

Escaping the city after a hectic day is a desire most of us share. Lilium enables you to travel long distances much faster. The consequence: living in the countryside while working in the city is no longer a dream. Lilium increases your potential life radius by a factor of 5.

A Healthier, Cleaner, and More Affordable World

Air pollution, noise, congestion, and ever-increasing real estate prices are problems most larger cities face. Yet they also offer a range of opportunities: in culture, education, entertainment, and last but not least, jobs. With Lilium it becomes possible to profit from these benefits without the downsides of either high real estate prices or long travel times.

Lilium will have a massive positive social and environmental impact:

• Lilium will reduce travel times by a factor of 5, so people can live in the countryside and still work in the city.
• Apartments in the city will increase in affordability, since living close to work is no longer a factor.
• Lilium will reduce the need for a car, which means there will be less transit traffic and less noise in our cities.
• Lilium jets require virtually zero infrastructure investments like roads or bridges. Landing pads can be developed by anyone, Lilium will only provide the requirements and invest in the early phase to push distribution.
• Lilium jets have zero operational environmental impact, they’re 100% emission-free.

Our Timeline to a Sustainable Future

http://www.chza.de/

Lilium celebrates successful flight tests and introduces 5-seater VTOL jet

We have incredibly exciting news to share. The Lilium Jet successfully completed its maiden test flight series in the skies above Bavaria. The 2-seater Eagle prototype executed a range of complex maneuvers, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight.

Seeing the Lilium Jet take to the sky and performing sophisticated maneuvers with apparent ease is testament to the skill and perseverance of our amazing team. We have solved some of the toughest engineering challenges in aviation to get to this point. The successful test flight programme shows that our ground-breaking technical design works exactly as we envisioned. We can now turn our focus to designing a 5-seater production aircraft.

The Lilium Jet 5-seater – Your on-demand air taxi

We are now developing a larger, 5-seater version of our Lilium Jet, designed for on-demand air taxi and ridesharing services. A typical journey with the Lilium Jet will be at least 5x faster than by car, with even greater efficiencies in busy cities. So a flight from Manhattan to New York’s JFK Airport will take around 5 minutes, compared to the 55 minutes it would take you by car.

Please make sure you read more about Lilium’s mission and technology.

As well as making great progress in the air, we’ve also updated our Lilium brand. Enjoy our new website, we hope you like it!

Press Releases

For any press related inquiries, please reach out to press@lilium.com and get our Press Kit

• Lilium celebrates successful flight tests of world’s first electric VTOL jet

  Lilium Jet, the first zero-emission electric plane capable of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), has completed a series of rigorous flight tests in the skies above Germany. The two-seater prototype executed a range of complex maneuvers, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight.

  20.04.2017

• Meggy Sailer joins Lilium from Tesla to lead recruitment

  Lilium is very pleased to welcome Meggy Sailer as Head of Recruitment. Meggy brings rare experience of staffing a cutting-edge transportation company, joining Lilium from Tesla after more than 5 years.

  16.02.2017

• Lilium raises €10m in Series A round with Atomico

  Lilium, the pioneering developer of electric planes capable of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL), has raised a €10m Series A funding round with Atomico, the leading global venture capital firm based in London.

  05.12.2016

Lilium Facts

Jet

• Number of passengers: 5
• Number of engines: 36
• Range: up to 300 km
• Cruising velocity: 300 km/h
• Wing-span: 10 m
• Concept: canard with powered lift
• Take-off and landing: vertically

Company

Lilium is a disruptive aviation start-up based in Munich. Co-founded in 2015 by Daniel Wiegand, Sebastian Born, Patrick Nathen and Matthias Meiner, the team brings together international world-class engineers and designers.

The group shares the vision of a completely new type of individual transportation and is dedicated to developing and building the world’s first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet. An estimated range of up to 300 km and a top speed of 300 km/h, along with zero emissions make it the most efficient and eco-friendly individual means of transportation of our time. By providing ultra-redundancy, the Lilium Jet will also set new standards in safety.

Lilium aims at liberating towns and cities from today’s congestion and pollution, with people able to come and go freely, vastly expanding the radius of their everyday lives.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to enable a world where everybody can fly anywhere, anytime.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be the leading company in on-demand air transportation by providing quiet, eco-friendly and exceptionally designed VTOL jets and a magical user experience.

Founding Team

• 

  Daniel Wiegand

  Co-Founder, CEO

  Together with his three co-founders, Daniel Wiegand started Lilium in 2015. During his studies of aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Munich he ranked among the best. He was always driven by his curiosity and his vision to improve the world and revolutionize people's lives. His first patent was filed when he was still in high school. He has won multiple awards, including “Jugend forscht”, Germany’s most recognized tech competition. Daniel graduated the master's' program with a focus on flight propulsion systems. As a project manager at ABB in Zurich, he has gained in-depth experience in managing complex projects as well as insights in business development. Flying has always been his passion: already at the age of 14, he started soaring and became a pilot before being allowed to drive a car. Since the beginning of 2015, he holds the position of CEO at Lilium.

  • MSc. in flight propulsion from TUM, Technical University Munich
  • Project manager at ABB Zurich before starting Lilium
  • Glider pilot (inactive)
  • Winner “Jugend forscht“ (Germany’s most recognized tech competition)
• 

  Sebastian Born

  Co-Founder, Head of Mechanical Engineering

  • Former PhD candidate in mechanics at TUM, Technical University Munich
  • Expert in lightweight structure and high-performance materials
  • Research at Fraunhofer Institute
• 

  Patrick Nathen

  Co-Founder, Head of Calculation & Design

  • PhD candidate in aerodynamics at TUM, Technical University Munich
  • Expert in numerical simulation
  • VDI Prize for outstanding academic records and academic engagement
  • Fellow of German National Academic Foundation
• 

  Matthias Meiner

  Co-Founder, Head of Flight Control

  • Former PhD candidate in robotics at TUM, Technical University Munich
  • Research at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
  • Winner “Jugend forscht“
  • Fellow of German National Academic Foundation
  • Forbes 30 under 30 leading innovator

Investors

• 

  Niklas Zennström

  Founder Atomico, Skype, Kazaa, Joost, Joltid

  Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He is an experienced entrepreneur, having previously co-founded and managed globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa, Joost and Joltid.

• 

  Frank Thelen

  Founding Partner, e42

  Frank Thelen is a European serial entrepreneur and tech investor. Since he co-founded the venture capital firm e42 with Marc Sieberger and Alex Koch, he focuses on early-stage investments like Lilium, Wunderlist, myTaxi, kaufDA and others.

• 

  Christian Reber

  Founder, Wunderlist | Partner, e42 & Reber Capital

  Christian Reber founded Wunderlist, the world's leading task management service with 20+ million users. Wunderlist has been acquired by Microsoft in 2015, the same year he started his own investment firm Reber Capital and joined e42 as the 4th partner.

• 

  Alexander Asseily

  Founder, Jawbone & State

  Alexander Asseily is a technology entrepreneur and collaborator. He’s the founder of mobile technology company Jawbone, women’s wellness company Elvie and social network State. He’s also a partner to many companies globally including Azimo, Lilium, Improbable, Okta, Google DNI, and Atomico. BSc & MSc from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering.

***

As Corey Goode Secret Space Program Claims go Viral Critics Step up Attacks

Corey Goode has had a remarkable rise to public prominence since first appearing in late 2014 as a whistleblower offering detailed testimony about his term of service in multiple secret space programs for 20 years. Since July 2015, he has been featured on Gaia TV’s weekly Cosmic Disclosure series episodes where he answers questions by the host, David Wilcock, about his past service and his ongoing current experiences as a liaison with a variety of secret space programs, national security leaders and extraterrestrial visitors.

Goode’s Facebook page now has over 80,000 followers, his Youtube videos often gain hundreds of thousands of viewers, and his conference presentations meet sold-out crowds where he usually receives standing ovations. His testimony has been featured in two books, both authored by this writer (see hereand here), which became Amazon best sellers.

Goode recently did interviews for the History Channel’s popular Ancient Aliens series which reaches millions of mainstream American households. A good percentage of the Ancient Aliens audience are likely to be intrigued by this shy Texan’s claims of multiple secret space programs and alien visitation stretching back to the dawn of history.

You would think that the celebrity status Goode has attracted would be manna from heaven for long-suffering UFO researchers marginalized by the mainstream media when it comes to claims about the reality of extraterrestrial visitation, and the secret government/military projects this has spawned.

However, not all are happy about Goode’s remarkable rise and the widespread public attention he has gathered with his ground breaking testimony. UFO researchers, wanting to make their field as scientific as possible, have a long history of attacking anyone unable to back up their claims with hard evidence. If I had a dollar for every time Carl Sagan’s famous dictum, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” was cited, I would gladly pay up front for the first all-electric flying car now under development.

Rather than name any of Goode’s critics, I will summarize their main arguments against him. The first is that he has not submitted one iota of hard evidence for his claims. Two, he is developing a cult of personality where he is milking a gullible public to enrich himself. And, three, he has been disingenuous about his past and the circumstances that led him to become a whistleblower in the first place.

Regarding the first criticism, it would make a UFO or exopolitics researcher’s life much easier if whistleblowers or witnesses had hard evidence for what they have seen or experienced. Sometimes, there is hard evidence that whistleblowers can provide.

This is best illustrated in the case of former FAA Division Chief for Accidents and Investigations, John Callahan, who kept documents concerning a large UFO witnessed by the crew of a Japanese 747 aircraft on November 17, 1986. His documents not only corroborated the UFO sighting, but years later helped the pilot get reinstated by the airline that had grounded him for talking to the press.

Unfortunately, it is rare for hard evidence to be available to directly support a whistleblower’s testimony. That is especially so when we are talking about Unacknowledged Special Access Programs where possession of hard evidence proving a specific program exists is a crime that can quickly lead to imprisonment for up to 10 years, and other significant penalties.

Nevertheless, there are a variety of research tools available to social scientists wanting to evaluate whistleblower or witnesses testimony. Learning about their motivation for coming forward, the sincerity of their claims, their background, any circumstantial evidence supporting them, and cross comparison with other whistleblowers or witnesses are all helpful tools. I used these research tools in my book, Insiders Reveal Secret Space Programs and Extraterrestrial Alliances (September 2015) examining Goode’s claims and concluded he was very credible.

In my latest book, The US Navy’s Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance (March 2017), I uncovered much in the documented claims of William Tompkins, a highly credentialed aerospace engineer whose many supporting documents also supported Goode’s testimony. In fact, when Tompkins first read my 2015 book about Goode, he was shocked since he thought he would be the first to reveal many of the historic events that were described in his own December 2015 book, Selected by Extraterrestrials.

Regarding the second criticism that Goode is promoting a cult of personality through his newly achieved celebrity status, I have to say that is a very subjective criticism that smacks of jealousy. One of the first things that happens when anyone achieves a major degree of public attention is they naturally attract a team of helpers or an organization to assist them in dealing with the hundreds or thousands of emails, media requests, conference invitations, etc.

When skilled people come on board to help with web design, graphics, video presentations, profile photos, etc., they are motivated to volunteer their services in order to get the core message out. This is especially pertinent to Gaia TV which specializes in Yoga, meditation, and personal transformation, areas that have previously had little to do with conspiracy theories about government coverups of extraterrestrial life and technology.

All of those who have volunteered their services are simply a reflection of the success Goode has had in getting his testimony out to a wide audience that resonate with the transformative message contained in what he is saying, despite its more gruesome aspects such as a galactic slave trade and forced labor.

Others who have been in the UFO and ‘exopolitics’ fields a lot longer than Goode are bound to be envious of his success, and may even launch public diatribes when they see one of his videos go viral. This is a natural psychological defense mechanism when one feels their own work is being largely ignored by the public.

I’ve gotten to know Goode very well since April 2015 when I began sharing his email responses to my questions, and have maintained regular contact with him up to the present day. I’ve found nothing awry with the way Goode is disseminating his testimony in the most effective way possible, so the public can decide for themselves how true it is.

Importantly, he has never asked me for financial compensation for sharing his information, and has only been concerned with ensuring its accuracy, and it being freely available. To this day, all the information Goode directly provides me, often scooping his Cosmic Disclosure interviews, is released on my website for free public perusal. Hopefully, this puts to rest to claims Goode is out to enrich himself, even though he has every right to earn a living from the information he has to share after going public, and thereby negatively impacting his professional career prospects.

This takes me to the third set of criticisms leveled against Goode pertaining to when he was a member of the Project Avalon Forum up until the end of 2015. I read all Goode’s posts on the Avalon Forum where he had both supporters and detractors. While he was an active member, he had clear support from the Project Avalon admin team in getting his information out.

That didn’t mean that they all believed Goode, but it meant that they thought his testimony touched on important issues, and was worth getting out into the public arena to stimulate public debate. On multiple occasions members were asked to engage in respectful dialogue with him, and avoid ad hominem attacks.

Unfortunately, there was a falling out between Goode and the Project Avalon administration, which to an external observer appeared very similar to an acrimonious divorce.

The Project Avalon administration and members who were previously saying Goode’s testimony was important to consider regardless of whether or not one believed him, were now saying he had been disingenuous all along, was scamming the general public, and had ripped off other whistleblower testimony, etc. A wave of ad homimen attacks began that continue to the present day.

Quite a turn-around, and very disappointing for visitors like me who witnessed it all sadly play out in slow motion. I don’t want to get into the specifics of the falling out between Project Avalon and Goode since he has responded in detail to the most recent set of criticisms leveled against him.

What I believe is happening is that there are many competent researchers at Project Avalon and in the UFO field more generally who are truly mystified by Goode’s popularity, and why his testimony continues to go viral.

Their insistence on hard evidence doesn’t seem to slow down the public’s appetite for anything Goode has to say as he reveals incredible details about humanity’s ancient history, extraterrestrial visitation and secret space programs. This is bound to accelerate once Goode appears on Ancient Aliens with its massive audience base.

More prominent public visibility is going to lead to more supporters, and the inevitable push back by veteran UFO researchers who resent the way Goode is shaping and influence public opinion about UFOs, extraterrestrial life and classified military/corporate projects.

Indeed, a determined few view Goode as an existential threat to the field who has to be stopped before further damage is done. Hence the public attacks are stepping up and becoming more vitriolic.

The simplest answer to Goode’s growing popularity is that people who watch videos of his testimony feel deeply that he is being honest and genuine. They are confident in their ability to trust their gut feeling or intuition, and not dependent on hard evidence, which can itself be manipulated. We only need to recall how hard evidence was contrived to support Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that led to the 2003 Iraq War and turmoil ever since.

So Goode will continue to attract many more supporters as Gaia TV continues to expand its 300,000 subscriber base with the success of Cosmic Disclosure, and millions more will soon see him on Ancient Aliens. Goode will also have his detractors demanding hard evidence to substantiate his claims before accepting any of it. Others will trust their gut instincts and spread the word about the truth of what Goode is revealing. Is there a middle ground in what is surely going to be a growing public debate over his revelations?

Currently, there is an effort underway to substantiate Goode’s testimony through FOIA document requests, which I am involved in. As documents are received and analyzed, there will hopefully finally be hard evidence that emerges that substantiates some of his core claims. This will enable researchers to gain a better idea of the big picture concerning extraterrestrial visitation and secret space programs, and hopefully finally settle the question over Goode’s credibility.

Written by Michael E. Salla, Ph.D. on MAY 2, 2017

Further Reading

Secret Space Program Disclosures & False Flag Alien Events

Are Secret Space Program Disclosures Prelude to a False Flag Alien Invasion?

Evidence grows for secret space program disclosures & crimes against humanity trials

Astropolitics and the Exopolitics of Unacknowledged Space Activities

US Congress to Protect Slave Labor on Mars & Corporate Space Colonies

Overthrowing a Mars Colony Dictator: British Elite Prepare for the Real Thing

http://www.chza.de/