A HALF-CENTURY OF BLUE-SKY DREAMING:                        

Glenn made himself learn to read at age three, just so he could follow news stories about sputnik, and read the instruction that came with model airplanes. By eight, he was building and flying jet-powered wood-and-fabric scale models. While living in India, he sought out master kite builders and was a competitive kite-fighter among much older competitors. "There isn't a propulsion system or aeroform I haven't investigated", he says, "... gyros, helis, disks and rockets... and the more exotic, the better". At fifteen he pumped gas in exchange for a student pilot license and at the same time took up hang-gliding and collaborated in the construction of homebuilt airplanes. At the acclaimed flying school at Confederation College, Thunder Bay, Ontario, he earned a diploma in Aviation Management, and a Private Pilots License, then qualified for the Commercial ticket. Before he could get his career as a bush-pilot really started though, he contracted a permanent and debilitating autoimmune illness which attacks the spine. A highlight at college was his term-paper "An Operations Manual for an Ultralight Aircraft Flight School", which turned out to be prophetic. (This was in 1979- when hang-gliders had chain-saw motors attached and were known as "Powered Hang Gliders"; the term "ultralight" was as yet unknown.) This research, including a comprehensive Business Plan, was donated by Glenn to a group of fellow graduates. They used it to obtain financing and successfully launched one of Ontario's first Ultralight Flight Schools. This early research led to a life-long, formal study of the History of Aviation and, in particular, the evolution of the Personal Flight Movement. This complete immersion has given him a deep insight into the subject matter, making him uniquely qualified to guide Aeromancer Flight Design Inc. in solving the problem of "The Backyard Flyer".

(Right) Founder & CEO Glenn Leaver with

Lawyer, Bernice Greig at the 2009 Incorporation

ceremony of Aeromancer Flight Design, Inc.

 

 

 

                                          "Survival in the 21st Century" Innovation School

                                            Tanya Swaren, Facillitator (right of centre)

                                            Glenn Leaver,  (centre), with model

 

 

RIGHT: Management Consultant Anita Bryant provided

invaluable direction through bi-weekly scheduled

conferences during the period when the critical

elements of the Lift-Jet were conceptualized.

"Much of the work prior to patenting was a solo effort, for obvious reasons, but a few people have been especially important to the effort--

providing guidance and support at the most crucial junctures. You know who you are.... and a heartfelt thanks for keeping me in the game." G.L.