Former Vertical Flight Society Executive Director and founder of H2 Advisors, Mike Hirschberg has been named as a Fellow SAE International. Founded in 1905 as the Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International is a professional and standards-developing organisation for the engineering profession in the aerospace and automotive sectors, with more than 200,000 individual members.Hirschberg’s Fellowship citation recognises “35 years of impactful international leadership of and advocacy for research and development of cutting-edge aircraft and propulsion approaches, such as rockets, military jets, helicopters, drones and other types of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL) and technologies, including advanced air mobility (AAM) and hydrogen aviation”.
“This is an incredible honour for me,” said Hirschberg speaking about the award. “I joined SAE in college in the 1980s and have stayed active with it over the past four decades for its leadership in advancing aviation technology.”
In addition to this latest recognition, Hirschberg holds Fellowships of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and is an Honorary Fellow of the Vertical Flight Society (VFS). He has also been awarded the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal.
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