# Martin Peryea

> Martin Peryea is an aerospace engineer with more than 40 years in vertical flight who founded Jaunt Air Mobility in 2019 to build a quieter, more efficient electric VTOL air taxi. After 33 years at Bell Helicopter, where he became a Technical Fellow and chief engineer on the fly-by-wire Bell 525 Relentless, he bet his career on a contrarian idea: a single rotor that slows down in cruise while a wing does the lifting. That Slowed Rotor Compound design became the Jaunt Journey. He now leads the Electric Air Mobility division of The AIRO Group as Senior Vice President and General Manager.

- **Role:** Senior Vice President & General Manager, Electric Air Mobility at The AIRO Group; Founder of Jaunt Air Mobility
- **Organizations:** Jaunt Air Mobility, The AIRO Group, Bell Helicopter (Bell Textron), Triumph Aerospace Structures, Boeing
- **From:** Upstate New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Founded Jaunt Air Mobility and developed the Journey eVTOL based on Slowed Rotor Compound technology, Chief engineer on the fly-by-wire Bell 525 Relentless, the first commercial helicopter with fly-by-wire flight controls, Bell Technical Fellow, one of the company's highest engineering honors

## Career timeline

- **1982** — Earns master's in aerospace engineering from Cornell, building rotor blades for his thesis
- **1983** — Begins career as an aerospace engineer at Boeing in Philadelphia
- **1980s-2016** — Spends 33 years at Bell Helicopter, rising to VP of Commercial Engineering, Technical Fellow, and chief engineer on the Bell 525 Relentless and US government programs
- **2010** — Participates in the critical design review of Carter Aviation's four-seat Personal Air Vehicle
- **2016** — Joins Triumph Aerospace Structures as VP of Engineering, Manufacturing and Innovation
- **2019** — Co-founds Jaunt Air Mobility, acquiring Carter Aviation's Slowed Rotor Compound IP; becomes CTO; Jaunt named an Uber Elevate partner
- **2020** — Promoted to CEO of Jaunt Air Mobility
- **2024-2026** — Jaunt joins The AIRO Group; Peryea leads the Electric Air Mobility division as SVP & GM

## Achievements

- Founded Jaunt Air Mobility and developed the Journey eVTOL based on Slowed Rotor Compound technology
- Chief engineer on the fly-by-wire Bell 525 Relentless, the first commercial helicopter with fly-by-wire flight controls
- Bell Technical Fellow, one of the company's highest engineering honors
- Led two clean-sheet aircraft designs to commercialization
- Selected as one of the original Uber Elevate eVTOL partners in 2019

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Continues to lead Jaunt Air Mobility and The AIRO Group's Electric Air Mobility division, advancing the Journey eVTOL toward certification.

## Links

- Website: https://jauntairmobility.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-peryea-57058880
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jauntair
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JauntAirOfficial/

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Last updated: 2026-06-22