Bring a new kind of flight to Cappadocia.
A passenger airship designed around the view. An established scenic-flight destination as the candidate first site. We’re bringing airship engineering and Cappadocia’s visitor economy together, with a focused pre-seed programme to test the aircraft and the business.
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In development. No full-size envelope has been built; Wanderer is not certified. AERE is a project team, not yet an incorporated company.
The aircraft we are working toward.
Explore the design in 3D
Start with a place people already travel to see from the air.
Cappadocia gives us a focused starting point: a remarkable landscape and an established culture of scenic flight. We want to offer another way to spend time above it. The business we intend to build starts with selling seats on those flights.
An experience worth choosing
A shared cabin, generous views and a route shaped around the landscape. Our first job is to learn what guests would value and what local operators would need.
An aircraft designed for the experience
Helium provides lift; the hybrid-electric concept combines electric motors with an onboard generator and battery. The engineering must make the passenger experience practical to operate.
A focused first business
Start with scenic passenger flights, with Cappadocia as the candidate first site. Establish demand, a suitable site and a viable operating schedule before treating any further market as revenue.
Three founders. Complementary experience.
M. Ali KulCo-founder, flight dynamics
Mustafa DemirCo-founder, airship engineering
M. Sinan GencalCo-founder, finance and certificationPortraits restyled with AI assistance from team-supplied photographs.
The idea has hands-on experience behind it.
Our chief engineer reports more than 80 small airships built and 20 flown since 2012. A photographed demonstrator in Eskişehir is part of that history. It gives us a practical starting point for the larger engineering task ahead.
The reported 365+ day hangar endurance test still needs dated records and test conditions. Earlier small-airship work does not validate Wanderer’s passenger design.
Meet the people doing the workFund the next convincing piece of evidence.
We propose a pre-seed round to build and fly a sub-scale demonstrator, develop the engineering with suppliers, and begin a certification discussion with SHGM. The aim is to learn enough to decide whether a full aircraft programme deserves further investment.
What the round would support
Build and measure
A sub-scale demonstrator, engineering work and supplier quotations for the major installed systems.
Establish the route forward
Certification counsel and SHGM pre-application work, alongside conversations with potential operators and hotels.
Make the next decision possible
Company formation, project operations, documented flight evidence and materials for the next investment review.
A plan investors can follow.
These are proposed targets, measured from sufficient funding. We would refine the dates and decision criteria with our partners. There are no signed customer commitments or letters of intent yet.
- Month 3
Demand and supplier evidence
Target three structured operator interviews and one priced pilot proposal, alongside relevant R&D grant applications and updated quotations for the largest cost lines.
- Month 9
A flight we can show and examine
Target a recorded first flight of the sub-scale demonstrator, with the test conditions and results documented.
- Month 14
A decision on the larger programme
Seek a written SHGM position on the proposed certification path and prepare the next funding review. Authority response timing is outside our control.
What still has to work.
This is early aircraft development. The return depends on resolving the engineering, securing an agreed regulatory path and proving a business that can operate on real flying days.
Aircraft and operations
Mass, lift balance, propulsion, reserve energy, controls and landing remain under review. Wind, mooring and ground handling may limit the schedule. We do not yet claim validated passenger performance.
Certification and capital
The certification basis and means of compliance have not been agreed with SHGM. Supplier-backed installed costs, programme duration and the funding needed beyond pre-seed remain to be established.
Customers and revenue
A scenic-flight market is a reason to investigate demand, not proof of demand for Wanderer. Ticket price, occupancy, site access, operating permissions and achievable flying days need direct evidence.
Proposed reasons to stop
At the proposed month 14 review, reasons to stop would include no flying demonstrator; no credible customer acceptance evidence after testing a priced pilot proposal with potential operators; regulatory feedback offering no credible route to revenue operations in about three years; or a post-demonstrator vehicle cost above roughly US$4M without a credible path down. These are proposed review thresholds, not an approved programme schedule or signed investment terms.
What would make this a business?
The intended first revenue is passenger ticket sales. The key question is the contribution each flight can make after operating costs, across an achievable number of flying days. Expansion follows evidence from that first operation.
Demand
Willingness to pay, occupancy and distribution costs.
Operation
Permitted flying days, crew, site and ground-handling costs.
Aircraft
Installed cost, maintenance, energy and helium consumption.
There are no ticket sales today. The financial model explores conditional scenarios; it does not establish profitability or an investor return.
Starting in Türkiye. Open to partners across borders.
We welcome US and Turkish investors who can help turn a demanding aircraft project into a disciplined business. Cappadocia is the candidate first market; the evidence must travel with the ambition.
Early technology investors
Evaluate the team, the test programme and the cost of reaching the next decision. The longer-term ambition is a repeatable scenic-flight business, expanded only after one location demonstrates demand and workable operating economics.
Tourism and aviation partners
Help shape the first commercial offer: the guest experience, hotel distribution, site access and ground operations. A priced pilot proposal is the next commercial test; no customer commitments are signed yet.
The founders are based in Istanbul and open to international incorporation and relocation. No jurisdiction or investment terms have been chosen; these will be agreed with investors and qualified advisers.
Build the next chapter with us.
Meet the founders, examine the work and discuss the next milestone. We welcome early investors and operating partners who bring aviation, engineering or tourism experience alongside capital.
Introduce yourself in English or Turkish. Tell us whether your interest is investment, aircraft development or an operating partnership.
Talk with the founders Request the investor deck info@aere.spaceRead the reviewed overviews
September 2026 concept overviews. Financial scenarios are conditional; these documents do not establish aircraft performance or certification.