Dominique Steffen

Co-Founder at Dufour Aerospace

Dominique has extensive aviation and engineering experience. He is a World Cup Champion in paragliding aerobatics and a Red Bull competition pilot. Dominique is widely recognized as being the inventor of many of today’s aerobatic manoeuvres where he was inspired by his close friendship with the world-renowned Red Bull Pilot Hannes Arch. Having a passion for paragliding and aerobatic flight, Dominique has developed and tested more than a dozen paragliders. He thus brings considerable expertise and experience in flight static, aerodynamics, flight-testing and system integration - especially for “man-carrying electric aircrafts”. Dominique acts as the CEO of Kissling & Zbinden with the responsibility for projects totalling more than CHF 1 billion with a team of over 130 engineers. Dominique holds university degrees in civil engineering and project management including a Master’s in Business. He is responsible for the overall design and construction of their aircrafts.

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  • Co-Founder

    December, 2017 - present