Rocket Lab Founder Sir Peter Beck Takes Flight With Jetson One

One of the world’s foremost aerospace pioneers becomes a Jetson ONE owner after transformative first flight experience

Jetson announced that Sir Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, has become the owner of a Jetson ONE personal electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

For Jetson, it’s powerful validation from an engineer whose career has been defined by rewriting the fundamentals of modern aerospace. Sir Peter pioneered the Electron rocket, one of the most successful and prolific launch vehicles in history, and is currently developing Neutron, the world’s largest carbon composite rocket. Now he’s embarking on flights of a different kind as he joins the Jetson community.

The combination of Jetson ONE’s distinctive design, compact architecture and intuitive flight controls left a powerful impression on Sir Peter following his first flight experience in California recently, and he immediately knew he wanted one.

“Some customers make us particularly proud,” said Stéphan D’haene, CEO of Jetson. “Pete has spent his life pushing the boundaries of what is possible in aerospace. When somebody like that comes to experience the Jetson ONE, feels how naturally the aircraft responds to the controls, looks at the engineering and says ‘I want one,’ it means something very special to our entire team.”

For Jetson, Sir Peter’s decision represents a particularly meaningful endorsement of the philosophy behind Jetson ONE: making personal flight simple, intuitive and exhilarating.

“Watching somebody of Pete’s calibre experience the aircraft is incredibly rewarding,” Jetson founder and CTO Tomasz Patan. “As an engineer you can spend years solving problems nobody else ever sees. Then someone gets into the machine, takes the controls and immediately understands what you were trying to create. That is a very special moment.”

Sir Peter’s Jetson ONE Founders Edition has been delivered and is expected to be airborne by Christmas, pending regulatory approvals.

“Even as someone who’s spent a lifetime building complex flying machines, it’s not often you get to experience new technology as special as this,” said Sir Peter. “Flying the Jetson ONE was a revelation – the simplicity, the responsiveness, the sheer joy of flight. When an engineering team manages to take something as complex as vertical electric lift and make it feel effortless and intuitive from the cockpit, you know they’ve built something truly exceptional.”

For Jetson, Sir Peter becoming an owner represents something larger than another customer delivery. It demonstrates the appeal of personal flight to people who themselves are building the future of aerospace.

“The people we admire most are the people who build,” said D’haene. “Pete builds rockets and spacecraft. Tomasz built Jetson ONE. They are very different machines, but they come from the same fundamental belief that engineers shouldn’t accept the limits of what already exists. That is why this particular Jetson ONE means so much to us. Seeing another aerospace innovator choose the aircraft is incredibly rewarding validation and a reminder that sometimes the best way to understand Jetson ONE is simply to fly it.”

The announcement comes just ahead of UP.Summit 4-8 Nov 2026, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida where Jetson will join leaders from across aerospace, transportation and mobility.

Visitor tickets available Sat/Sunday 7/8 November via: UP Summit – Comunity Day 2026

About the Jetson ONE

The Jetson ONE is the iconic and game changing single-seat personal electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft developed by Jetson Inc. It is designed to make flight fun, safe, engaging and accessible to everyone.

Through simple and intuitive controls, stable flight, clean electric propulsion, and safety features the Jetson ONE offers pilots a direct introduction to personal electric aviation. The aircraft is now operating across four continents, and more than 125 pilots have completed Jetson flight training. Other than Florida and California, US vehicles have been delivered to Texas, Utah, Ohio and Illinois and the company plans to deliver up to 50 vehicles this year.

Acerca de Jetson Inc.

Jetson Inc. is a leading personal aviation company developing and delivering their innovative flying vehicles to customers all around the world.

Jetson’s journey began in a small apartment in Poland, where founder and inventor Tomasz Patan built and successfully flew the first Jetson prototype.

The company’s mission is to make personal flight accessible and to define the future of mobility and transportation.

Artist and tech investor/ambassador Will.i.am participated in the company’s seed round in 2023. Due to the 3-year orderbook, the company will launch new investment opportunities in order to scale up production and to secure new market opportunities.