e-volo Garners Lindbergh Prize for Innovation

Friedrichshafen, Germany - Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, announced the AERO 2012 winner of the Lindbergh Prize at AERO-Friedrichshafen. The Lindbergh Foundation's aviation prizes recognize and stimulate innovation, and promote meaningful advancements in green aviation. e-volo won the AERO 2012 Lindbergh Prize for Innovation for the achievements of its Volocopter VC1, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system.

Using the distributed power of multiple small electric propulsion units, e-volo demonstrated breakthroughs in redundancy, simplicity of controls and inefficiencies inherent in the control surfaces normally used in aircraft.

"We believe that the development of the Volocopter holds significant promise to radically change short distance transportation," said Erik Lindbergh. "It has a long development path ahead, but if this innovative design reaches the commercial market, it will dramatically change the way we move about the planet."

The Bose Corporation provided two QC-15 acoustic noise cancelling headsets for award to the prize-winning team.

The Lindbergh Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Anoka, MN, and focuses on technological breakthroughs to address significant aviation-environmental issues. For more information, visit www.lindberghfoundation.org.