The Allplane Podcast #76 - How to certify an aircraft, with AFuzion's founder Vance Hilderman

We are living through an almost unprecedented wave of aerospace innovation. From eVTOLs to new propulsion technologies, the world is awash with new projects, designs and concepts.

How many of them will pass the certification process?

This is a question that I’ve been pondering for a while and this is the reason I welcomed the chance to do this episode in partnership with AFuzion, a leading boutique consultancy firm that helps aerospace companies get their certification process right.

Few people know the world of aircraft certification as well as Vance Hilderman, AFuzion’s founder.

A long time entrepreneur and author (he’s written one of the reference technical books on aircraft certification), in this episode of the podcast Vance delivers a proper masterclass on the topic of aircraft certification.

What are the challenges that eVTOL designers face to get certified? What are the key elements that they must take into account? Which potential points of failure do regulators look at? How does the time-frame and procedure to get a new aircraft design certified look like?

We talk about all these and many more questions concerning the somehow complex, but very essential, world of aircraft certification.

Tune in to this episode of the podcast to get some first hand insights of the aircraft certification process as well as some valuable pieces of advice, all directly from one of the world’s top experts in this field!