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\u201cDuring this transformative time, there is no better person\nto guide OPENER than Ben Diachun,\u201d said Marcus Leng, OPENER Founder and\nChairman. \u201cBen is a proven leader in the aerospace industry, he gets things\ndone, and he has the innate ability to inspire everyone around him. Ben has the\ntechnical proficiency and corporate know-how that OPENER needs as we expand\noperations, produce vehicles, and grow the company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BlackFly is designed to easily takeoff and land in small\nareas and travel distances of up to 40 miles at a speed of 80+ mph (US\nrestricted performance: 25 miles\/62 mph). The vehicles are simple to master and\nrequire no formal licensing (US only). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOPENER is pioneering a new industry with BlackFly. I am\ntruly honored to lead the company into production, establish sales initiatives,\nand secure our market position,\u201d Ben Diachun said. \u201cWe have the opportunity to\nshow the world that three-dimensional transportation is real. A big part of my\njob is to seize this vast opportunity and successfully bring a safe and\nexciting flying vehicle to market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since joining OPENER as company president in May, 2019, Ben\nDiachun has deployed his unparalleled engineering experience to improve\nmanufacturing processes, enhance efficiency to meet future demands, and grow\nthe company\u2019s team. Ben comes from Scaled Composites, where he participated in\nkey engineering design, directed flight testing, and stepped up into leadership\nroles. Ben is recognized for taking 15\nnew aircraft types from concept to first flight in his 16 years at Scaled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OPENER has announced the appointment of Ben Diachun as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). OPENER is producing BlackFly, the world\u2019s first fixed-wing, all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) personal ultralight aircraft. Founder and former CEO, Marcus Leng, will oversee next-generation manufacturing and international operations as Chairman of the Board. \u201cDuring this transformative time, there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14593,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14591\/revisions\/14593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}