Ian, who joined AIN in 2014, is the company’s director of video. He started his career in 2002 at the art house film distributor The Criterion Collection before moving to a production company that specializes in automotive video content. There, he helped to develop the popular YouTube channel /DRIVE and created content for brands like Porsche, Land Rover, and Aprilia. After a short freelance stint at BBC America, Ian joined AIN full time, bringing his lifelong interest in aviation. 
A native of New Jersey, he studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in computer art.

Director of Video

Ian Whelan

Almost eight years have passed since the Airbus A380 widebody completed certification and entered service. Airbus engineers continue to handle multiple product development tasks for in-service types, and the very first A380 prototype continues to support their efforts with frequent flight testing. At July's Farnborough International Airshow, AINtv's cameras got a rare chance to explore the aircraft and to see how it still earns its living. Close by on the Farnborough static display stood a flight-test aircraft from Boeing's 787-9 Dreamliner program. That aircraft played a key part in the new widebody's recently completed type certification, and Boeing has since started the process of refitting it to enter the fleet of launch customer Air New Zealand.

Long-serving Flight Test Aircraft Play Different Roles

Follow AINtv's cameras inside two flight test aircraft, the Airbus A380 and Boeing's 787-9.

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