Charles Lin - President/CEO, The Yoshine Helicopter Company, Taichung, Taiwan

1.   Began aviation related activities in the 1970’s while teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and working as a consultant for Rockwell International marketing to the Far East; (3 years)

2.   Started working on ultralight and rotary wing vehicles in the 1980’s while teaching at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA; (17 years)

3.   Presented a hybrid high-speed VTOL Verticraft in the mid 80’s by marrying the proven rotorcraft concept with the fixed-wing aircraft;

4.   Developed the world’s first conventional ultralight helicopter in the 1990’s meeting the FAA FAR Part 103 ultralight and other regulations and sold in many countries for recreational flying, and as ultralight VTOL UAV’s with payload over 100kgs;

5.   Founded Yoshine in 1998 and developed the EzyCopter and other helicopter (UAV) technologies in 2003;

6.   By 2005 the EzyCopter has successfully flown as a no-tail-rotor coaxial VTOL UAV without the need of stabilizing gyro sensors.