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The Entrepreneurs

Wings of change

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26 February 2025

Episode 690

27 minutes


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We discuss clean-mobility breakthroughs with two founders pushing the boundaries of flight. Plus: how their innovations are reshaping the nearly $1tn airline industry as it races toward decarbonisation.

26 February 2025

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Regent Craft

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Regent Craft CEO and co-founder, Billy Thalheimer, explains how the company’s electric seagliders – part boat, part plane – could exponentially improve coastal travel with applications ranging from passenger transport to cargo, tourism and defence.

14 minutes

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Climate Impulse

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Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and innovator Dr Bertrand Piccard talks about the significance of Climate Impulse, the environmental flagship project behind his ambitious mission: to fly a hydrogen-powered plane around the world nonstop in 2028.

11 minutes

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