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Chairman, director eject as Martin Aircraft changes direction

Another duck and dive at the Christchurch startup as its Chinese investor appears to push through a change in strategy.

Wed, 01 Nov 2017

As Christchurch-based Martin Aircraft struggled for survival funding during September, chief executive James West made no bones about the fact his company needed a big change of direction.

The current engine for its Jetpack was just not commercially viable, he said.

It had to be stripped down

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