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ISSUE 01/ 2018
ART
AEROSPACE
LOOK
CULTURE
SPORT
GOURMET
JET AVIATION
COVER STORY
PATEK
PHILIPPE
DEAR BUSINESS FRIENDS
AND COLLEAGUES,
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last year, we introduced our “One Jet” learned through our customer surveys
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Outlook 01/2018 // 3
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CONTENTS
06 36 EDITORIAL
03
COVER STORY
06 Patek Philippe
ART
12 Fondation
Beyeler
AEROSPACE
20 Embry-Riddle
CULTURE
28 Valletta
SPORT
36 Formula E
GOURMET
42 Teuscher
JET AVIATION
42
50 Inside News
The time-honored world
of Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe is classic. In a world
gone loud, the company emphasizes its
history and focuses on handcrafted
quality. In its early years, it sent watches
to royalty and members of the nobility.
Today, it promotes its value with the
slogan, “You never actually own a Patek
Philippe. You merely look after it for
the next generation.”
Each year, Patek Philippe attends
Baselworld, the world’s largest watch
and jewelry show. The fair takes place
at the Basel Exhibition Center, and
Patek Philippe has a prestigious loca-
tion, in Hall 1, at the crossroads to
Hall 2. It shares this prominent inter-
section with fellow Swiss watchmakers
Hublot, Rolex and Zenith.
These companies have bumped up
their presentation after the hall was
renovated a few years ago by hometown
architects Herzog & de Meuron, who
also designed the Tate Modern, the
Beijing National Stadium and the Elbe
Philharmonic Hall. Before the renova-
tion, watchmakers had been forced to
limit themselves to two-story stands.
Now three stories are possible, and
some of the structures almost resemble
flagship stores.
At this main intersection, Patek
Philippe appears to be the odd one out.
It does not have bling. There is no race
car or space rover out front. No screens
suggest that if you own a Patek Philippe,
you will share a world with fighter
pilots or those who walk, in inner har-
mony, along the end of giant canyons.
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Patek Philippe at Baselworld (top left).
Domed enamel clock (top right).
White gold pocket watch (bottom left
and middle). Cloisonné enameling
(bottom right)
Reference 5531 – a minute repeater
that chimes the local time (top left).
Sandrine and Thierry Stern (top right).
Wristwatches with marquetry:
“Lac d’Emosson” (bottom left) and
“Roped Alpinist” (bottom right)
The stand is elegant. It is classic and one-of-a-kind pieces, and they too were enamel have an intensity and rich shine from 27 species of wood. “Lac d’Emos- that chimes the local time on demand. generation, Thierry Stern. His wife
understated in an environment where aesthetic and technical works of art. that give the images on the clocks a son,” based on a painting of an alpine Many of the watches have a simple, Sandrine heads the creation division.
loud seems to be the order of the day. The display at Baselworld included whole new dimension. reservoir in the Swiss canton of Valais, classic elegance. Several of them also Patek Philippe keeps a record of
Understated does not, of course, clocks, pocket watches and wrist- The Patek Philippe stand also show- was made with 195 pieces from 22 spe- come in a version with a little more every watch it has sold. These were
mean simple. The stand has twelve watches with enamel work. French- cased pocket watches and limited-edi- cies of wood. It might seem that an shine. The Ladies Automatic Nautilus, originally handwritten entries in
sales rooms, three press rooms, three speaking Switzerland has long been tion wristwatches. One pocket watch image created from pieces of wood for example, can be adorned with 2,328 books; now the records are digital,
conference rooms, three kitchens, a known for this craft, and Patek Philippe featured a low-relief engraving of a gal- would look simplistic, but this is not the diamonds, as in Reference 7021/1G. though printed versions of the entries
bar, a restaurant for the staff, offices, adopted the art early. The company still leon, in white gold. The multilayered case at all. The natural vein in the wood The men’s self-winding equivalent, Ref- are still archived. These entries give de-
and sixteen outward-facing showcases. does enamel work for watches and sup- effect of depth was fascinating. The en- and its various shades of color create a erence 5719/10G has 1,343 diamonds. tails about the watch and its sale, as
The action on the two upper floors ports artisans in this rare and demand- graving took 230 hours. lively and complex image. Patek-Philippe develops and pro- well as any repairs that have been done.
is ensconced in a white box that almost ing craft, so that the art is not lost. Several other pocket watches were duces all movements in-house, in the A sea of little drawers in the restoration
appears to be floating. These are the Cloisonné enameling involves taking decorated with enamel miniature Geneva area. Finishing, decoration area holds the different parts that make
private areas, away from the public. powdered glass that has been colored painting, which means that the enamel THE COLLECTION and assembly of the movement parts it possible to restore the wide variety of
Visitors are allowed inside on the with metal oxides, adding water to make is mixed with oil rather than water, are highly skilled work done by hand, watches made since 1839.
ground floor, even though it is not imme- a paste, applying it to a metal base and then applied with a fine brush to a Around the outside of the stand, Patek usually with a watchmaker’s eyeglass, Patek Philippe watches are known
diately clear that it is acceptable to stroll then firing it in a kiln at temperatures ground layer of enamel. This is another Philippe displayed its current collec- because the parts are truly tiny. It gen- to go up in value over time, some of
past the watchful security guard. Those over 800 degrees Celsius. On some of the Patek Philippe specialty. tion of over 200 wristwatches. Four- erally takes between nine months and them considerably. In 2016, a Reference
who did venture inside this year were clocks, Patek Philippe embedded gold Two of the wristwatches on display teen models are new this year, includ- multiple years to finish a piece. 1518 in stainless steel, a rare watch with
rewarded with a look at the 2018 Rare and silver leaf between layers of enamel, showed scenes from the high alps. The ing Reference 5531, which has clois- The company makes about 60,000 a perpetual calendar chronograph with
Handcrafts collection. creating a shimmering effect. Many of faces were made with marquetry, the onné enamel depicting a view of the watches each year and is said to have moon phases, sold at auction for over
The timepieces were stunning. They the clocks were made with the cloisonné woodcraft in which an artisan cuts ve- Lavaux vineyards on the shores of Lake made less than a million watches over $11 million. It was the highest price ever
were works of art. technique, in which the design is formed neers according to a drawing and glues Leman. The watch also has a world its 179 -year history. Patek Philippe has paid for a watch at auction, until some-
Patek Philippe has a long tradition with a fine gold wire, then the partitions them to a base. The “Roped Alpinist” time function, as well as a minute re- been owned by the Stern family since one bought Paul Newman’s Rolex for
of handcrafts. Its early watches were all are filled with enamel. The colors in the wristwatch was made with 262 pieces peater, which is a patented mechanism 1932, and is currently run by the third $17.8 million about a year later.
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The Patek Philippe Museum in
Geneva (top left). Antoni Patek
(top middle). Adrien Philippe
(top right). Pocket watch given
to the King of Siam (bottom)
A glimpse into the
wonders that humans Handcrafting watches (left).
Caliber 89, with its 1,728
can produce given enough components, 33 complications
and 24 hands (right)
time and resources.
THE MUSEUM
The Stern family has a spectacular for Polish nobility. They often show for example, wristwatches became “One of the largest challenges for watch was created in 1989, for the com-
collection of antique Patek Philippe
scenes from Polish history, created popular for men, ending the view that top traditional watchmakers,” says pany’s 150 th anniversary. There were
watches dating back to the company’s through incredibly detailed engraving watches worn on the wrist were just an Helen Brand, head of European luxury four made – one each in yellow gold,
inception in 1839, and it displays hun- or enameling. accessory for women. Soldiers had goods analysis at the Swiss bank UBS, white gold, rose gold and platinum.
dreds of them in the Patek Philippe Mu- Patek and Czapek parted ways after begun wearing wristwatches, because “is how to keep their relevance to a The watch was made with 1,728
seum. The museum also displays 700 a few years, and Patek recruited the they did not have a free hand, or the younger consumer while retaining components. It has 33 complications
other watches ranging from the earliest French watchmaker Adrien Philippe. time, to pull out a pocket watch. brand exclusivity.” Patek Philippe is and 24 hands. At the time, it was the
portable time pieces of the 16 th century Philippe had invented the first keyless The antique part of the museum’s betting that this younger generation most complicated watch in the world.
to 19 th century watches. The antique winding mechanism, which he pat- collection begins with watches made in will recognize craftsmanship and value Twenty-nine years later, it is still con-
pieces are intricate, interesting and ented in 1845. an era when precise timekeeping was tradition. It is not jumping on trends, sidered the world’s second-most com-
often covered with jewels. The display is Patek Philippe’s clients from the not technically possible, and exact time but rather counting on its recognized plicated watch.
a glimpse into the wonders that humans 1840 s to the 1860 s were usually members did not play a large role in society. The ability to create exceptional quality. As a guide gave a tour of the mu-
can produce given enough time and re- of the nobility and royalty. The museum watches were largely decorative. Then In UBS’s consumer research, Patek seum this past March, she was stopped PILOT TIMEPIECES
sources. It also gives visitors an idea of displays watches that went to this elite, advances enabled better time indica- Philippe consistently places in the top by a man and asked whether it would be
the playing field Antoni Patek encoun- who included the King of Siam, the tion, and other developments, such as two watch companies in terms of exclu- possible to buy the watch. Over the The Patek Philippe Museum exhibits
tered when he began business in 1839. Prince of Bulgaria, the Prince of Egypt, stagecoach timetables and train sched- sivity, investment value, quality and course of an hour-long tour, this was the company’s early watches for
Patek was a decorated soldier in the King of Sweden and Norway, the ules, boosted the importance of time- status. The company strategy seems to the second young man to ask about pilots, made at a time when aircraft
Poland, forced to emigrate after the
Queen of Spain, the Emperor of Russia keeping. Today, time may be more for- be working. buying something from the display had open cockpits. These watches,
November Uprising against the Rus-
and Queen Victoria of the United King- malized and important than ever, but Like all top-tier watchmakers, cases. The museum is not selling its col- worn just below the elbow over a
sian emperor failed. He first teamed dom of Great Britain and Ireland. almost everyone carries a mobile phone Patek Philippe uses its most impressive lection, but it does seem that the Patek thick leather jacket, displayed time
with a fellow Pole, Franciszek Czapek, It also shows how both style and that shows this information. Watch- work to maintain its image. In a side Philippe fascination has made the jump and altitude. They also displayed
who was of Czech descent. Many of the functionality progressed over the years. makers once again find themselves in a room at the Patek Philippe Museum, to a new generation. hour angle for precise positioning
Patek Czapek & Co watches were made Around the time of the First World War, new era. Caliber 89 is displayed. The pocket before the age of GPS navigation.
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The Fondation Beyeler museum is light and airy, with huge panes of glass that look out onto ponds and the greenery of a park. There is an easy flow through the rooms – a simple elegance. The building is beautiful but not overwhelming. It serves the art inside. And it creates a sense of well-being.
Claude Monet, Nymphéas,
1916 – 1919 (top left).
Henri Matisse, Nu bleu,
la grenouille, 1952
(top right). Ernst and
Hildy Beyeler in front of
Galerie Beyeler in 1997
(bottom left)
The Monet room in
2013 : the art leading to
the lily pond on the
other side of the window
(top left). Curator Ulf
Küster (top right). Head
of a life-size Malaggan
puppet from Beyeler’s
small collection of
THE MAN ethnographic art objects
(middle right). Ernst
Beyeler at an Art Basel
and selective. Art Basel became the Ernst Beyeler was known for being
fair (bottom right)
most important art fair in the world. charismatic, with an exceptional abil-
This then brought more people to Basel ity to draw people in and motivate
and helped his business. them. He was tall, good looking and
Over the years, there were some charming. He could put on a grand
pieces that he kept. Sometimes it was show when it was called for, but he also
because he could not resist them. Some- truly liked talking to all kinds of peo-
“He was times it was because he could not sell ple. He was not elitist.
them at first and then became very at- He was a perfectionist – demanding
connected to tached to them. this quality from others and also work-
Twenty to thirty of these pieces ing extremely hard to achieve it him-
so many really This is no coincidence. Ernst Beyeler known for his eye for art, his ability to were in his house. Some filled his office, self. He was modest, often riding his
had something very specific in mind assess people and his love for a gamble. and many were in storage across the bicycle around town and crediting
important when he commissioned star architect He took risks. street from his gallery. good luck for much of his success.
Renzo Piano to design a building to “In the ’50 s, he was a really fearless In 1982, he and his wife Hildy, who His father had worked for the Swiss
works of art.” house the Beyeler art collection. He dealer,” says art historian and Fonda- also had a strong attachment to the art railways, and his mother had died
wanted a place that would energize vis- tion Beyeler curator Ulf Küster. “He they owned, formed the Beyeler Foun- when he was young. His father was IN THE NORTH
itors and do justice to the artwork. was in a position to define what is good. dation to truly separate their collection strict, and when Beyeler was a young
OF SWITZERLAND
He was especially focused on light, He could in a way define taste.” from the works for sale at the gallery. In man, his father often considered him
preferring the rooms be lit by natural Beyeler was not a gallerist. He rarely the late 1980 s, they agreed to a request lazy and irresponsible. The Beyeler museum sits in Riehen,
light and wanting to create an interac- sold work directly from artists, but by the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Beyeler entered the Swiss appren- just north of Basel. If you look out
tion between the art and the natural rather worked within secondary mar- Madrid to display their full collection. ticeship program and trained to be an the north-facing windows of the
world outside. Daylight can be a prob- kets. Küster says it is amazing how It was the first time the couple had office employee. He found this boring museum, you can see both Germany
lem for art, so the light had to be filtered many art transactions he was a part of seen their collection displayed in one and was considering a move to West and France.
and limited. Getting the light just right, during his time. He was not only buying place. It was the first time the world re- Africa. He took classes in art history Basel is Switzerland’s third-largest
as well as fine-tuning other aspects of and selling on his own, but also served alized what they had. and economics, and he worked at an city. It is where Jet Aviation got its
the building to fit Beyeler’s vision, as an advisor and took part in joint And many in Basel got a little nerv- antiquarian book and print shop in the start, in 1967, with one maintenance
r equired constant refinement. These deals that involved partnering to pay ous. They did not want the works end- evening. hangar. Today, Jet Aviation has its
frequent changes delayed completion high prices at auctions. “It is astonish- ing up abroad. The shop was owned by Oskar global headquarters at the Basel
and made Piano’s life less than easy. ing to see how influential he was,” says The Beyelers also wanted the art Schloss, a German who had converted EuroAirport, where it offers mainte-
The museum presented to the world Küster. “He was connected to so many close to home. They could have do- from Judaism to Buddhism and was a nance and completions services.
in October of 1997 was enthusiastically really important works of art.” nated the works to the Basel art mu- publisher of Buddhist texts. The two had
received. It is Switzerland’s most vis- Beyeler was one of the founders of seum, the Kunstmuseum Basel, but long, deep discussions until late into the
ited art museum. And it is the solution Basel’s art show. He was reluctant then the pieces might only have been night about art and Eastern thought.
to a problem faced by only a very lucky when the suggestion first came up, be- shown every five years or so. Ernst Schloss also taught Beyeler how to make
few: what to do with a stellar art collec- cause he wondered whether the city Beyeler wanted a wide variety of people reluctant buyers interested.
tion at the end of one’s life. was the right place for such an event. to be opened up to art. He also wanted Schloss died suddenly in 1945, and
Ernst Beyeler was an art dealer. He He insisted that if it was going to hap- control. He liked control. And so he Beyeler took over the shop. Shortly
was an extremely good art dealer, pen, it would have to be international built his own museum. thereafter, concerned about the youth
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“He was always
looking for
a bit of a punch.”
THE MUSEUM
The Beyeler collection now includes
about 320 pieces. It is mostly made up
of modern art, created between roughly
Three Studies for Portraits 1880 and the 1970 s, alongside a consid-
(including Self-Portrait) by erable number of contemporary works
Francis Bacon, 1969 (top left).
of art. Thanks to the friendship Beyeler
Alberto Giacometti’s
L’homme qui marche II, had with Picasso, the collection has
1960 (bottom left) about 30 of the artist’s works. It also
Alberto Giacometti’s
has cut-outs by Matisse, Rousseau’s fa-
Caroline (top right)
and inexperience of the new owner, a G. David Thompson from Pittsburgh. mous The Hungry Lion Throws Itself and Grande tête mince
bank wanted a 6,000 Swiss franc loan It included works by artists ranging on the Antelope, Kandinsky’s Improv- (middle). Giacometti
paid back as soon as possible. from Cézanne, Matisse and Klee to isation 10 and two late Van Gogh (left) and Bacon in 1965
(bottom right)
Beyeler did not have any money. P icasso and Pollock. landscapes. Strong works by Monet,
Through extensive research, however, He kept his gallery in the medieval Degas, Cézanne, Seurat, Klee, Miró,
he was able to show that 80 Goya building that had housed the book- Giacometti, Mondrian, Dubuffet,
aquatint etchings that Schloss had
store, with its many small rooms and Léger, Rothko, Bacon and many others
been trying to sell were not only a first creaky, uneven floors. He only had are also in the collection.
edition of Caprichos, but that some three employees, plus his wife who did “It’s really composed of master-
BACON-GIACOMETTI
were actually early master prints. the books and cultivated local connec- works,” says Küster. “There’s no flaw in
Armed with this information, he was tions. He did have agents on the look- the collection. He never wanted to have The exhibition displays about
able to sell the etchings to Zurich’s out for interesting purchases, espe- mediocre works.” 100 works by the two men, who met
museum of modern art, the Kunsthaus cially in France. Beyeler often chose pieces that late in Giacometti’s life. It is the
Zurich, and pay off his debts. His relationship to art was a very some considered difficult. “It’s not first-ever joint museum exhibition
As it became clear to him that sell- emotional one. He would speak of about nice art,” says Küster. “He was of their work, illuminating the
ing art was more lucrative than selling getting a lump in his throat, and this always looking for a bit of a punch.” relationship between their artistic
books, he covered the bookshelves would mean that he had to have the Ernst Beyeler wanted the collection personalities. Bacon and Giacometti
with cloth and sold art. By 1951, he was piece. “He really had these two sides in to continue to grow. He said that a mu- both take the human figure as
completely focused on art. him,” says Küster. “He was a genius seum that stops collecting is dead. their main point of artistic reference
He held over 250 exhibitions that are business dealer with all these wonder- About twenty works have been ac- and occupy themselves with the
often considered museum quality. He ful business ideas. On the other hand, quired by the museum since Beyeler fragmented and deformed body.
made beautiful, expensive catalogues, he had this feeling for quality – a very died in 2010. Some are modern, and
which was not common at the time. direct, unreflected feeling. And then he many are contemporary. In 2011, the
“When he met Picasso,” says Küster, could be absurdly unreasonable when museum acquired a sculpture by Louise
“Picasso said, ‘I know you, because you it came to prices. Sometimes he set Bourgeois. This was the first piece by a
do those wonderful catalogues.’” world records at auctions.” female artist to become part of the
Beyeler took big positions, buying Being located in Basel could make collection. The museum has since been
expensive works of art. Throughout his it hard to sell works. Beyeler often trying to assemble an important group
career, he was able to find people who had a large inventory in storage. He of her work and now owns four pieces
gave him advice and trusted him was fortunate to have had a lot of and has several more on long-term loan.
enough to loan him money. He also bor- works on hand when art prices rose Exhibitions of the standing collec-
rowed money from banks. steeply in the 1980 s. This made him a tion change about every three to four
A big jump in his business occurred very wealthy man. months. There are no pieces perma-
when he was able to outcompete a In a speech for his 80 th birthday, he nently on display, though a few, such
wide field of dealers and buy over said, “Not being able to say ‘no’ when as a three-panel Monet Water Lilies
600 works from one of the an important work showed up was my painting, are almost always exhib-
l argest private collections,
weakness. But it became my strength.” ited, because visitors are always eager
that of the steel magnate to see them.
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The annual summer
party on the museum
grounds (top left). Georg
Baselitz (top right).
Ernst Beyeler and Sam
Keller (middle right).
Renderings of the
extension project by
Atelier Peter Zumthor
(bottom left)
EXPANSION
Fondation Beyeler will be expanding,
adding three small buildings designed
by Peter Zumhor, who is originally
There are also three to four tempo-
rary exhibitions each year. These are big
names. The first part of this year Georg
tured later work, including a series of
paintings showing an extremely cold
winter and the breaking up of ice on the
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from Basel and just designed the Baselitz was on display. A Bacon-Gia- Seine River. Monet was working with
extension to the Los Angeles County cometti exhibition will now run until shadow and reflection. “He had broken
Museum of Art. The new buildings September 2, followed by a Balthus ex- free of pure impressionism,” says Küster,
include a House for Art, which will be hibition in autumn. A public art project “He was playing with what painting is
used to show a larger number of works by Ernesto Neto will also be presented able to do.”
from the permanent collection, a garden in Zurich’s main train station. If people come to the popular ex-
pavilion used for public cultural events As a private museum, Fondation hibit, they will then often also come to
and an administration building. The Beyeler needs to draw people in. It cov- others. “You can then sometimes dare
expansion will be in a neighboring park ers a large part of its costs through en- to do less successful themes,” Küster
that was previously private. trance fees, the shop, the restaurant says. These other exhibits often involve
and events. contemporary art.
Beyeler named Sam Keller to lead The museum is continuing Ernst Orchestrating complex itineraries is our job
the museum as his successor. Keller Beyeler’s emphasis on getting young
had been running Art Basel and was people interested in art. It has made ad- Experience exceptional customer service from the moment you place your call to the time you reach
known for both his profound knowl- mission free for those under 25 until the your destination. Going above and beyond is what defines the level of service you’ll enjoy from your own
edge of the art market and his fresh, end of this year and it has a Young Art
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forward-looking ideas. The museum re- Club. It has also begun hosting elec-
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Beyeler, but aspects such as project months in the garden. In 2017, several
management have been professional- thousand young people attended the
ized, and the institution is moving for- events, and some of them also wan-
ward in a new time. dered down to the museum itself.
Keller and the museum’s curators The walk to the museum entrance is
have to balance expanding horizons slightly downhill, in contrast to the fre-
and provoking new thought with pro- quent climb up esteemed steps to get to
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Last year, the crowd-pleaser was a describes the museum as human scale
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18 // Art // Fondation BeyelerEmbry-Riddle has been
in the thick of aviation for
EAGLE 93 years. In 1998, the
university formed the Eagle
FLIGHT Flight Research Center
to explore advances in
RESEARCH aeronautics and build new
flying machines. Eight
CENTER
years ago, the research
center created the world’s
first parallel hybrid aircraft.
Today, it is building a
flying car.
The Eagle Flight Research Center was
a grassroots idea. “We have a ton of
pilots,” says Eagle Flight director Dr.
Richard “Pat” Anderson, describing
the thought at the time. “We have a ton
of engineers. We should be looking at
new kinds of flying machines.”
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univer-
sity has its roots in teaching people to
fly. The barnstormer John Paul Riddle
got together with the entrepreneur
Talton Higbee Embry, and they formed
Embry-Riddle. The company first sold
aircraft, then added a flight school.
Over the years, the school changed,
moved, disappeared briefly and even-
tually became a university. One of its
h allmarks as a university is the broad
and thorough aviation education that
it gives its students. The buildings
teem with interesting labs such as the
Airline Operations Center Lab, the
Spatial Disorientation Lab, the Un-
manned Aerial Systems Lab, the Sub-
orbital Operations Science Lab and
20 // Aerospace // Embry-Riddle Outlook 01/2018 // 21Professor Pat Anderson, head of the
Eagle Flight Research Center (left).
The Heurobotics Mark II drone (top right).
The Eco-Eagle in flight (bottom right)
Embry-Riddle’s main campus in Daytona
Beach, Florida (top). The Eco-Eagle parallel
hybrid aircraft (bottom)
both a combustion engine and an elec- In practical use, the speed of electric “flying cars” is now usually a reference
tric motor that runs from battery power, aircraft is limited to about 200 knots, to functionality. The new flying cars
and both can turn the propeller. The which is slower than almost all commer- will be on-demand mobility personal
system was put into a Stemme S-10 cial flight. The amount of energy stored air vehicles. They will take people short
motor glider, which has a 75 -foot in each pound of batteries is very low distances on short notice, usually
w ingspan. The Eco-Eagle carried 200 compared to liquid fuel, and it has only within an urban environment.
pounds of batteries. The large wing- been increasing by 3% – 5% per year. The helicopter has served this pur-
span gave the aircraft a 50 :1 lift-to-drag Anderson does not expect a jump in pose for years, but because helicopters
“This university ratio, helping it carry weight efficiently. this progress in the near future. He says are loud, there is a limit to their use in
specializes The Eco-Eagle was designed and
constructed by 200 student volunteers
that bigger airplanes will have to be hy-
brids to both fly at commercial aviation
highly populated areas. “Lowering the
noise is the enabling technology for
in safety proto- over the course of two years. The team
was managed by graduate student
speeds and take advantage of the effi-
ciency gains from electric propulsion.
urban mobility,” says Anderson.
Electric motors can run a quieter
cols and sees Lori Costello, and Anderson was the Eagle Flight has formed the Hybrid propeller, because they can have varia-
developing new the High-Altitude Normobaric Cham-
ber, where the oxygen level is lowered
Daytona Beach International Airport.
Embry-Riddle has the second-largest
faculty adviser.
When it came time to fly in the
Electric Research Consortium with
Airbus, Boeing, GAMA, GE Aviation,
ble revolutions per minute (rpm). Low-
er-rpm aircraft are quieter. They can
aircraft as part to 6%, giving students a taste of the
mental confusion they might face if
fleet of any university in the US.
There is a feeling of purpose on
competition, the Eagle Flight team
was ineligible to win the $1. 35 million
Hartzell, Cape Air, Argonne National
Laboratory, Rolls-Royce and Textron
compensate for the loss of propeller
speed by changing the angle of the pro-
of its primary cabin pressure dropped. campus. The school’s website pro- prize, because a required parachute Aviation. The group has set the goal of pellers, increasing torque by causing
mission.” Students choose from among a
v ariety of degrees in aviation; applied
claims, “You know where you’re going.
We help you get there.”
system could not be installed in time.
The team was, however, allowed to fly
developing a nine-passenger hybrid
turboprop aircraft by 2025 and a large
more air to be deflected. This combina-
tion of low rpm and high torque is less
science; engineering; computers and The research center is both a way to in the event. Of the fourteen teams hybrid-electric jet by 2035. energy efficient than the standard con-
technology; space; safety, security and move aviation forward and to give that originally signed up for the com- figuration, but it is useful where noise is
intelligence; and business. The main Embry-R iddle students experience with petition, only three qualified to com- an issue.
Embry-Riddle campus is in Daytona real-world projects. In 2011, Eagle pete for the prize, and another two, IN THE CITIES A parallel hybrid set up would allow
Beach, Florida, with another large Flight entered the Green Flight Chal- including Eagle Flight, were eligible a pilot to use fuel for the energy-inten-
campus in Prescott, Arizona. The uni- lenge, which was sponsored by Google to fly. The other four teams that flew Eagle Flight is also working on a new sive takeoff phase, and then cruise on
versity also offers online classes and and hosted by NASA. The contest goal were all corporate teams. hybrid aircraft, this one designed for battery power. Or, if noise near the air-
has satellite campuses at many US mil- was to design and build an aircraft that Embry-Riddle received patents for urban mobility. It will be a “flying car.” port is the priority, the aircraft could
itary installations. could fly 200 passenger-miles per gallon both the hybrid aircraft propulsion While many picture an automobile take off on battery power and then use
Flight students at the Daytona of fuel at an average speed of 100 miles system and the clutching mechanism that can take to the skies, maybe a bit fuel to extend its range.
Beach campus prepare for their flights per hour. that allows the shift between the two like the AMC Matador that James Bond It is also possible to build a serial
in a modern operations center and take The center built the Eco-Eagle, the power sources. Anderson says that watched roar out of a garage and fly hybrid aircraft, in which a combustion
off from the same runways used by world’s first parallel hybrid aircraft. In hybrid propulsion will be the way to away in The Man with the Golden Gun engine powers an electric engine,
a irlines and business aviation at the
this parallel system, the aircraft has go in the near future. or the DeLorean in Back to the Future, which then turns a propeller. This al-
22 // Aerospace // Embry-Riddle Outlook 01/2018 // 23Students work with Pat Anderson on the
all-electric eSpirit of St. Louis (top left).
The eSpirit of St. Louis at EAA Airventure in
Oshkosh (right). Rendering of the VerdeGo
Aero flying car (bottom left)
DAVID DEITCH
David Deitch, vice presi-
dent of sales in Teterboro,
grew up near a National
Guard airfield and used to
ride his bike over to
watch the jets take off and
land. He had a neighbor
who sometimes came over
JEFF DOLAN to play catch during the BEATRICE ASHE
week. One day, Deitch
When Jeff Dolan, a asked the neighbor why Beatrice Ashe is Swedish,
Jet Aviation senior account he was home all the time. and when she was sixteen,
director in Teterboro, was The neighbor said he she was on vacation in
eleven years old, he was was a pilot for Alleghany Daytona Beach with her
reading a flight magazine Airlines, and that he family. As a track runner,
and saw an ad for Embry- worked two days a week, she needed a place to work
Riddle Aeronautical then had five days off. out, so she ran on the track
University. “I decided “I walked into the at Embry-Riddle. Before
that’s where I am going to house and said ‘Mom, Dad, she knew it, the main
college,” he says. I have a career path,’” says coach had recruited her.
“You know Six years later, it was Deitch. “They said, ‘No, She says that though
where you’re Uber has announced that it plans to
start air taxi service in test cities in 2020
true rotors, as a helicopter does, instead
of the propellers usually found on
Eagle Flight researchers Borja
Martos and Scott Martin are cur-
the only college application
he sent out. He was
you are going to be an
optometrist like your dad.’
aviation had not been her
focus before she got to the
going. We and have a network by 2023. Anderson
says this is a big step for the develop-
drones. This is significant, because ro-
tors can be used on large aerial vehicles,
rently part of an FAA project to in-
troduce an unleaded fuel to replace
accepted and things were
on track, until he took a
We had this argument for
the next three years. I won
university, it really pulls
you in. “You get very
help you get ment of these vehicles. “Here is a tech whereas propellers that navigate with avgas. The fuel was developed in the U.S. Marine Corp physical that battle and went to inspired,” she says. “All of
there.” company saying they will buy a fleet of
these,” he says. “That is what the invest-
differential thrust become ineffective
when an aircraft reaches a certain size.
1940 s and is the only remaining
lead-containing transportation fuel
and discovered his vision
was not 20/20. His goal to
Embry-Riddle.”
In 1978 , when he had
your friends are pilots.
And people say things like,
ment group wants to hear.” In addition Eagle Flight has six full-time em- in the US. fly for the military was earned his pilot certificate ‘I’m going to be an astro-
to their use as air taxis, the on-demand ployees, three of whom are research- The research center has skilled derailed. and was working towards naut, so I am doing these
personal air vehicles could be used for oriented flight engineers. About half a staff and enthusiastic students, at He decided instead to a bachelor’s degree in classes.’”
lows for noise reduction throughout humanitarian relief efforts or as air am- dozen graduate assistants and twice as an institution willing to go after do aeronautical studies aeronautical studies, he She got a bachelor’s
flight, but it is less efficient than even bulances and express cargo carriers. many undergraduates also work at the these big projects. “From a liability with a concentration in saw that to get a job at degree in business admin-
the conventional combustion engine, Eagle Flight is also currently devel- research center, which has a high level standpoint, most universities have management. He says his the airlines, he would be istration with a major in
so it would eliminate the environmen- oping the eSpirit of St. Louis, a Dia- of interaction with various university gotten away from flying machines,” Embry-Riddle education competing with a large management and now
tal and operating cost advantages that mond HK-36 glider it is outfitting with departments. says Anderson. “This university has served him well: number of Vietnam works in Basel as the key
these new designs aim to achieve. a fully electric propulsion system. This Eagle Flight also has very close ties specializes in safety protocols and “When I was hired at veterans who had thou- account director for
provides a testbed for electronic pro- to industry. It works on a variety of pro- sees developing new aircraft as part Jet Aviation, I worked in sands of hours of flying maintenance clients in
pulsion technologies, which can then jects for outside companies, making it of its primary mission.” Flight Operations time. Luckily, he had Northern Europe. She says
COMMUTING BY AIR also be used in the hybrid systems. The possible for students to face practical Eagle Flight also benefits from scheduling trips. Having begun selling Hawaiian having learned the lan-
team is working to reduce the weight engineering problems. operating within an environment an understanding of Tropic sunscreen and guage of aviation was vital
The flying car, the VerdeGo Aero, will of the battery pack and also create a Its relationship with the US Fed- of extraordinary enthusiasm. “Peo- physiology, aerodynamics, almost immediately proved for her professionally. “I
be made of carbon fiber, with the air- battery system that meets the tough eral Aviation Administration (FAA) is ple at Embry-Riddle are just avia- weight and balance, to be the best salesman also learned how to handle
frame in an “H” configuration. It will r equirements for aviation certification. strong. From the beginning, Eagle tion nuts,” says Embry-Riddle alum aircraft performance, around. His counselor a male-dominated indus-
have two wings, with four propulsion The research center is working on a Flight worked to take products it de- Neil Boyle, president of worldwide meteorology and Federal advised him to run with his try,” she says, “and was
systems on each wing. It will use a par- second application of hybrid technol- veloped for clients through the FAA completions at Jet Aviation. “They Aviation Regulations gift. He chose a focus on professionally prepared at
allel hybrid propulsion system to turn ogy. The Huerobotics Mark II is an Un- certification process, which is rare for can’t get enough of airplanes. It’s proved to be a perfect fit management and market- the first industry events I
eight rotors. manned Aerial Vehicle (UAV ) that uses a university. addictive.” with my position.” ing, and his path was set. attended.”
24 // Aerospace // Embry-Riddle Outlook 01/2018 // 25Student flight training at
Embry-Riddle (top). A student
at work in the Eagle Flight
Research Center (bottom)
DAVY DILANT
Perhaps the most enthusi-
astic of this group of Jet
Aviation employees is Davy
Dilant, who is originally
from the Caribbean island
of Guadeloupe and who
received a bachelor’s
degree in aviation mainte-
nance science in 2010.
“I came from an island,” he
says. “Everything looked
big. Everything was great.”
He talks about hands-
on training with a wide
EMILY variety of parts and
HARRISON-ROSS tooling, as well as classes
in subjects such as compos-
Emily Harrison-Ross also ites and electronics. He
managed the feat of getting was able to not only
an Embry-Riddle degree rebuild engines but also
while working full time. test them afterwards. “You
She is a pilot for Jet could see that Embry-
Aviation, flying Bombar- Riddle wanted to do the
dier Global 5000 aircraft best,” he says.
for Vista Jet. While at a It is good that he had
previous job for a fraction- such a great experience,
al ownership company, she because it was his father, a
Flight Services
He attended Embry- earned a Master of Busi- pilot, who had just gone
Riddle’s satellite campus. ness Administration from ahead and signed him up
In addition to its two Embry-Riddle, doing all of for pilot training at
main U.S. campuses, the her coursework online. “I Embry-Riddle, convinced
university has classrooms did it during the downtime he was doing the best thing
on many U.S. military on the road with my job, for his son. Dilant arrived
installations. Boyle says he instead of turning on the at the school, discovered
usually took a full load of TV in a hotel room, or the maintenance depart- Management I Charter I Flight Support
classes, while also working while waiting for passen- ment and found what he
55 hours a week at the base
in Anchorage, Alaska.
gers in an FBO,” she says.
She estimates that she
loved to do. He now works
as an engine mechanic for Tailor-made Solutions with a Personal Touch.
When he was deployed to spent about 30 hours a Jet Aviation Basel.
South Korea, he was able week on it over the course
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as a mechanic in the U.S. him. He got the first job he use elements of the
Air Force. He knew that applied for, at Gulfstream management degree when
when he retired from the in Savannah. He is now promoted to captain. She
military he wanted to do a senior vice president and also wanted a fallback, for
something else, so he began head of global completions a time when her schedule
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26 // Aerospace // Embry-RiddleValletta
European Capital of Culture 2018
To say that Malta has been ex-
posed to a variety of cultures is
a vast understatement. The is-
land has experienced wave after
wave of occupation. The Phoe-
nicians, Carthaginians, Greeks,
Romans, Byzantines, Arabs,
Normans, Sicilians, Spanish,
Knights of St. John, French and
British all took their turn ruling
the small islands. Each occu-
pier left elements of culture that
were amalgamated into the
Maltese way of life.
The city of Valletta was built
by the Knights of St. John, who
Malta’s position in the had been expelled from their
base on Rhodes by Sultan Sulei-
Mediterranean, between Europe man the Magnificent, and then
granted the islands of Malta and
and North Africa, has given it a wild Gozo in 1530 by Spanish Em-
peror Charles V. After the Great
ride through history. The capital city, Siege of 1565, during which the
Order just barely managed to
Valletta, was built on a small lime- fend off Ottoman invasion at
great cost, the monarchs of Eu-
stone peninsula, by the Knights of rope were grateful and provided
financial support for Grand-
St. John. It was to be a fortified city, as well master Jean de Valette to begin
the construction of a new capi-
as a lavishly Baroque city. Today, with the tal city. He chose a limestone
help of the European Union, as the city ridge that jutted out into a
protective natural harbor, and
celebrates its year as European Capital of he commissioned Francesco
Laparelli, an Italian architect
Culture, this place of stunning buildings and former assistant to Michel
angelo, to design the city.
and myriad churches is being renovated, Valletta was constructed in
the ornate Baroque style that
invigorated and propelled dominated Europe at the time,
and it was surrounded by huge
into the future. bastions. These bastions were
often carved into the natural
rock of the peninsula.
28 // Culture // Valletta Outlook 01/2018 // 29Valletta’s Grand Harbor, with a
view of the Three Cities (top left).
St. John’s Co-Cathedral: the
façade (top right) and the interior
(bottom right)
Valletta covers The Grandmaster’s Palace
(top right). Armor and weapons
an area of less
in the Palace Armoury
(left and bottom right)
than one square
kilometer.
The city was built over the course of The Palace Armory is also open to the Senglea and Cospicua, across the The newly independent country had that of other parts of Europe. The cities LIFESTYLE OF THE
five years, in grand style. Today it still public. As one might imagine given Grand Harbor. The view is dominated just over 300,000 residents. The total also work to further develop their cul- ARISTOCRACY
has a unified feel, and walking the nar- Malta’s history, it has a large and varied by the two large fortifications, Fort An- area of its three inhabited islands was tural ecosystem and to transform their
row streets is an exploration full of sur- collection of weapons. gelo and Fort Ricasoli, as well as grand 316 square kilometers. infrastructure. Casa Rocca Piccola is the 16 th
prises. Almost every building is inter- Fort St. Elmo, built at the tip of the buildings similar to those in Valletta In 2004, Malta joined the European For a given year, the European century palazzo of the de Piro family.
esting, and every few hundred meters is peninsula before the existence of Val- visible further behind them and along Union, beginning a new era in its his- Union chooses the countries from The 9 th Marquis de Piro lives in the
a structure so impressive that in another letta, houses the National War Mu- small, protected bays. tory of alliances. This time, the alliance which the capital of culture will come, house and has opened parts of it
city, it might be “the” building. Here, it seum. The displays give a visceral feel Despite the elaborate defenses, in was by choice. and then cities within those countries to the public. The house is filled with
is just one element in a rich tapestry. for just what it meant to be this small 1798, after the Knights had ruled for vie for the position. Valletta mayor artifacts giving insight into Maltese
Some of the most impressive struc- group of islands in the Mediterranean over 200 years, Napoleon came along Alexiei Dingli put together the city’s bid life over the centuries and is an
tures in Valletta were added or ex- Sea, battered by foreign forces. The and kicked them out. The French ruled EUROPEAN CAPITAL about eight years ago. He and his col- interesting way to get a glimpse of the
panded after the initial construction of fort, like many other bastions in Malta, for two years, before being pushed out OF CULTURE leagues decided that they should in- Valletta behind the fine facades.
the city. St. John’s Co-Cathedral, built has also served as a set for many mov- by the British. Malta officially became clude “greater Valletta,” the same way
between 1573 and 1578, is considered ies. These include Midnight Express, a British colony in 1814. It then gained This year, Valletta is the European Cap- that past capitals of culture had in-
one of Europe’s most impressive exam- Cutthroat Island, 13 Hours, Clash of its independence in 1964, though it re- ital of Culture, alongside Leeuwarden cluded not just a city but also its urban
ples of Baroque architecture. The the Titans, World War Z and Ameri- mained in the British Commonwealth, in the northern Netherlands. The pro- agglomeration. “But then where is the
Grandmaster’s Palace was begun in can Assassin. Parts of Gladiator were with Elizabeth II as its queen and head gram was established in 1985, as a push boundary to greater Valletta?” he asks.
1574 and modified over the course of filmed at the nearby Fort Ricasoli. of state, until it became a republic in for the European Union to promote Eu- Valletta has a population of less
two centuries. It still houses the Office Valletta covers an area of less than 1974. Five years later, Malta expelled ropean cultures, instead of only focus- than 7,000. The largest city in Malta,
of the President of Malta. Its State one square kilometer, and almost every the British armed forces that were using ing on politics and economics. Birkirkara, has about 22,000 inhabit-
Rooms are open as a museum, but they road runs towards the ocean. There are the country as a base and declared its Two cities are chosen each year. ants – and is divided into four autono-
close on the days the president uses countless beautiful views, especially neutrality. Each undertakes a variety of projects, mous parishes. The country as a whole
them to welcome visiting dignitaries. over to the Three Cities: Vittoriosa, showcasing its own culture as well as has just under 450,000 residents.
30 // Culture // Valletta Outlook 01/2018 // 31The straight streets and many churches
of Valletta (top left). Mayor Alexiei
Dingli (top right). Is-Suq tal-Belt, the
indoor market (bottom left)
Pixkerija, Valletta’s former fish market
(top left). The opening of Malta’s
International Arts Festival (top right)
and Pixar Waves at the festival
(bottom left). Easter procession in
Valletta (bottom right)
Efforts to liven things
up have been so
successful that some-
times the problem
is now to reign it in.
MALTESE Dingli and his colleagues decided The flagship project for Valletta 2018 American sailors were in Valletta and artists and art collectives from Malta RELIGION
the bid should be for the country as a is the establishment of MUZA, Malta’s also an incubator for artists and musi- and abroad were invited to “envision
The official languages of Malta are whole to hold the title. The European new museum of art. It will be housed in cians. Activity on the street died down, the sea as a (dis)connecting metaphor Christianity has a long history in
Maltese and English. Maltese is a Union accepted this approach, and this the Auberge d’Italy, a 16 th century build- but now it is packed with tables and and emotional currency, which may or Malta. It is said that in about AD 60
Semitic language and the only year there are activities in various loca- ing used as the seat and residence of the chairs, and DJs are sometimes a little may not re-read existing geopolitical the Apostle Paul was in a shipwreck
medieval Arab dialect from Spain tions on the islands of Malta and Gozo. Italian knights of the Order of St. John. loud for the nearby residents. and historical territorialized concepts off the Maltese coast and brought
and Sicily that has survived. It is The country’s third inhabited island, When it opens later this year, it will be Like all cities, Valletta has its prob- in the context of the archipelago of Christianity to the country. Today,
also the only standardized Semitic Comino, is largely a nature reserve and three times the size of the former art mu- lems. For Dingli, the greatest threat is Malta and the Mediterranean region.” close to 90 % of Maltese are Catholic.
language to be written in Latin only has three inhabitants. seum, and it will be focused on interac- gentrification. He says the price of Most of the art was exhibited in the Malta is known for its Easter
script. It has incorporated elements Valletta does hold the central posi- tion with the community. property has shot up in the past ten former St. Elmo Exam Center in Val- week celebrations, which include
from other languages, especially tion for the year and the activities run Other projects include the renova- years, and the city is becoming unaf- letta, where students used to take their processions throughout the country.
Italian and English. under Valletta 2018. Dingli says that tion of the traditional indoor market fordable for the locals. important school exams. Richter de- In Valletta, the procession on Good
ahead of the European Capital of Cul- and the creation of a design cluster in The European Capital of Culture scribes the art here as dealing with, Friday is long and intricate, with
ture year, a huge amount of investment what had been an abandoned building year is intended to motivate cities to “the sea as a place of memory and saints and Romans taking somber
came into Valletta. In a city made al- in a neglected residential neighborhood. take a look at issues such as these and politics, of colonialism, romanticism, steps, and groups of young men
most exclusively of old, impressive The government has also been search for sustainable solutions. Many of global trade of goods as well as of carrying floats that show the phases
buildings, costs for renovation and working to bring more life to Valletta in projects are geared towards encourag- people; and as a symbol of voyage and of crucifixion and its aftermath.
maintenance are enormous. The Euro- the evenings. Until recently, the city ing thought about what is going on in displacement.” The men are clearly straining as they
pean Union had already been helping served mostly as the political and ad- Maltese society as well as an open dis- In the Pixxkerija, the large struc- carry the extremely heavy floats,
with this, and it boosted its support in ministrative capital of the country and cussion of how to move into the future. ture by the water in Valletta that often down long sets of stairs. The
the years before Valletta 2018. when offices closed for the day, so did housed the main fish market for wooden poles that rest on their
There has also been private money bars and restaurants. 80 years, Ibrahim Mahama of Ghana shoulders creak ominously.
coming in. “European Capital of Cul- Efforts to liven things up have been ART FOR THOUGHT has installed A Straight Line through On Sunday, there is a happier,
ture gave private investors the courage so successful, says Dingli, that some- the Carcass of History, joining shorter procession as bands play,
to put money in,” Dingli says. “They times the problem is now to reign it in. Dal-Bahar Madwarha, The Island is wooden frames used by Ghanaian the statue of the risen Christ is
have seen the good results in other A Valletta 2018 focus was to reinvigor- What the Sea Surrounds, is a Valletta fisherman for smoking fish to create a symbolically carried uphill and
c apitals of culture.” ate Strait Street, which had been both 2018 contemporary art exhibition cu- dividing line through the structure. spectators cheer.
the red-light district when British and rated by Maron Richter. Twenty-two The work highlights the history of the
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