Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.

Managing Editor

Self-driving cars are already "a thing,"&nbsp;albeit a not-widely-accepted one in the wake of some well-documented mishaps. But Sebastian Thrun, founder and CEO of Kitty Hawk, is convinced that autonomous operations will take off more quickly and comprehensively in the air than on the ground. He would say that, of course, given Kitty Hawk's ambitions in this area through its partnership with Boeing NeXt to develop the Cora eVTOL aircraft. At the Tech Crunch Disrupt SF event on October 3, 2019, he made the case for why autonomous aircraft for urban air mobility are more attainable than comparable efforts with ground vehicles, while explaining why we need to stop using the term "flying car."

Charles Alcock

Kitty Hawk Founder Predicts Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Will Overtake Self-Driving Cars

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