AERE

AERE Airships

AERE started in February 2019 in Istanbul with one question: can a small, quiet, certifiable airship make slow flight a product again? The company is young; the engineering behind it is not. Our chief engineer has been building and flying sub-scale airships since 2012, and the Kuzgun concept that shares Wanderer’s hull family was patented in 2011.

Full-size white airship envelope inflated inside a hangar, with a person standing beneath it for scale
Photo: the full-size envelope inflated in the team hangar.

The people

Portrait of M. Ali Kul M. Ali KulFounder and chief executive

Flight-dynamics engineer at Turkish Airlines. Founded AERE in 2019 and drew the first Wanderer concept.

Portrait of Mustafa Demir Mustafa DemirChief engineer

Has built more than 80 sub-scale airships since 2012 and flown 20 of them; one stayed aloft for more than 365 days in a hangar endurance test in Eskişehir. The team’s hands-on lighter-than-air experience.

Portrait of M. Sinan Gencal M. Sinan GencalFinance and certification

Aircraft maintenance and aviation certification background. Checked the 2019 Wanderer concept drawings.

Portrait of Yasin Görgün Yasin GörgünProduct

Energy and gas systems. Responsible for the helium and pressure systems in the concept.

Portrait of Zeynep Memiş Zeynep MemişSoftware

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and surveillance systems; the Kuzgun side of the hull family.

Portrait of Can Ahmet Can AhmetHardware

Embedded electronics and VTOL projects. Power electronics and sensors.

Individual profile links will be added as team members confirm them.

Contact the founding team

Istanbul, Türkiye. For partnerships, certification, or press:

muhammeda.kul@gmail.com