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Heart Aerospace Built the World’s Largest Electric Aircraft

2026-09-01 · 2 company · 3 thematic
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andrew porceland

Founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace, a hybrid-electric aircraft startup building the ES-30 30-seat regional airliner. PhD in jet engines from MIT, inspired by Elon Musk's 2012 talk on electric aviation. Grew up near Swedish air force base.

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