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Visionary, Businessman, Engineer, Developer

Robert Bornhofen

Get to Know: Robert Bornhofen

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1966 - Parks College/St. Louis University.
Master of Science in Engineering, 1967 - University of Arizona.

Visionary - On the forefront of an Emerging Market

Robert Bornhofen introduced the first personal jet aircraft years before the aviation industry imagined the Very Light Jet market would be as popular as it is today. Bob Bornhofen brought a new, state-of-the-art industry to life long before high-speed digital imagining and color copying were commonplace. With his visionary efforts, he not only won many customers across the United States, but the entire globe.

Robert Bornhofen envisioned a much larger market for owner-flown jet personal jet aircraft. The Sport-Jet is an extraordinary accomplishment of engineering involving building a unique airframe and developing an engine solution. The new Sport-Jet can be operated by a single pilot with conventional training at altitudes and speeds that the insurance industry understands are within the capability of many experienced pilots.

Businessman - Extensive Experience in Aerospace

Robert Bornhofen has 13 years experience at TRW and Hughes Aircraft, where he lead projects for the Apollo Moon Landing Mission. He has over eighteen years experience with advanced electronic imagine systems in addition to extensive start-up company experience. Robert was the founder of Maverick Air, Inc, where he was also the Chief Executive Officer. The company introduced the first twin-engine, five-place business jet aircraft. In addition he four years experience in aviation-related patent and contractual litigation, with which he has successfully won cases in both Federal and Civil Courts.

Engineer and Developer

Robert Bornhofen has over 37 years of engineering experience in satellite design and operation, as well as aircraft design and engineering. He developed a mobile field color copier for the U.S. Army in under a year and a half, while larger companies failed to deliver the same product in a ten year period despite heavy government funding.

Bornhofen's most significant aviation accomplishment is his involvement and responsibility for all design, engineering, manufacturing, and flight testing of the Maverick TwinJet. It was first conceived in late 1998 and made its first flight by the middle of 2000. The TwinJet's development was considered incredibly fast by aviation standards.

In the span of only two years, Robert Bornhofen launched a personal jet that four years later still offers performance superior to today's proposed very light jets. Combining his engineering skills with market foresight, the TwinJet was available self-funded and ahead of schedule , while other companies squabbled hundreds of millions of dollars of investor funding to product an inferior product.

TwinJet Success

The TwinJet acheived speeds of 400+ MPH while exhibiting "superior handling characteristics," as stated by some of the indsutry's best known experts. The aircraft was engineering to meet the demands of F.A.R. Part 23 certification by the FAA. It passed all required flight handling tests, which were usually the cause of prior aircraft failures or significant product certification delays. TwinJet was not certified because the proposed engine could not win FAA certification.

The new Sport-Jet is picking up where the original TwinJet left off...