Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014. 5:30 PM.
Location: The Atrium, Peterson Building 550, 416 Escondido Mall, Stanford University
KIRK HAWKINS is a former F-16 fighter pilot, seaplane instructor, SCUBA diver, and founder and CEO of ICON Sports Aircraft. Fortune called the ICON A5 aircraft “the Ferrari of the skies” and likens low-altitude sport flying to “off-road airspace for pilots who don’t want to fly 30,000 feet at Mach 0.8.” Hawkins will share the triumphs and tribulations of launching this pathbreaking venture, as well as his telescopic view of the future of recreational flying.
Location: The Atrium, Peterson Building 550, 416 Escondido Mall, Stanford University
KIRK HAWKINS is a former F-16 fighter pilot, seaplane instructor, SCUBA diver, and founder and CEO of ICON Sports Aircraft. Fortune called the ICON A5 aircraft “the Ferrari of the skies” and likens low-altitude sport flying to “off-road airspace for pilots who don’t want to fly 30,000 feet at Mach 0.8.” Hawkins will share the triumphs and tribulations of launching this pathbreaking venture, as well as his telescopic view of the future of recreational flying.