Digi Sky

Vision

In the time frame 1970-1980 a new aeronautical culture has arisen and has involved layers of people who were not professionally working in this specific sector. For a lot of individuals a new expectation materialized: to be able to fly small planes in a simple but safe manner. In Italy the governing law of this sector finds its ground in State law number 106 issued in 1985 which has resulted in the development of a completely new aviation sector targeted at the manufacturing of light aircraft for pleasure and sports (ULM). With the years this sector has reached unexpected levels of production both in terms of sheer numbers and in the level of technological sophistication and solutions. In the last 10 years only in Italy almost 6000 new aircraft were registered. In comparison general aviation recorded only 750 new entries.

The possibility to manufacture light aircraft without the need to utilize certified aeronautical components, the costs

of which would not be in line with the target market, has stimulated the evolution of technological solutions specifically targeted at this segment and which satisfy 3 main prerequisites:

higher level of safety also for non professionals;
lower cost structure
weight savings;

Within this context the solutions which have evolved from a prototype phase into a full production one have resulted in very competitive products even with regards to both general and commercial aviation.
In particular avionics has benefited of all the innovations directly derived from the consumer market without all the hassles linked to heavy specific certification procedures required by aviation authorities.

Mission

DigiSky enters the market of light aircraft manufacturers as an engineering company able to handle
the whole industrial process, from initial research up to the full production of avionics equipment (EFIS) to assist the pilot in all phases of flight. All the solutions respond to the basic idea to improve flight safety also with non conventional products thought for the non professional sports pilot. The goal of the company is to manufacture avionics products able to continuously control and monitor flight conditions and aircraft systems in a totally automatic way.

Company mission can be resumed in three different but complementary areas:

design, engineer and manufacture integrated flight electronic systems directly for aircraft manufacturers;
offer opportunities of technological transfer based on a long experience on light sports aircraft;
support flight testing of new avionics equipment for general and commercial aviation applications.

Staff

Maurizio Cheli and Paolo Pari got to know each other while working together at the construction of the Master-Millennium light aircraft prototype developed by Compact Compositi. Maurizio was involved in flight testing and Paolo was developing the avionics suite for the aircraft.

Both Maurizio and Paolo have developed a huge experience in the aerospace sector. Maurizio as part of his professional activity while Paolo as an enthusiast for all new aviation technologies. The idea was then born to put together the knowledge and know how in order to offer light aircraft manufacturers integrated high technology avionics solutions finalized at increasing flight safety.

The synergies between the two turn around 4 main cornerstones:

transfer Maurizio’s experience on high performance aircraft (i.e. Eurofighter) into the design and engineer of a low cost system to flight test light aircraft;

utilization of Paolo’s professional competencies in the design and engineering of critical and complex electronic systems with a particular regard on the Man machine interface aspects. Paolo has developed these competencies while designing systems for biomedical process automation purposes and in the field of aeronautical constructions;
utilization of the knowledge acquired by Maurizio while developing and flight testing complex international aeronautical projects;
deep knowledge acquired by both Paolo and Maurizio in the light and sports aviation sector in more than 20 years of activity.

Paolo Pari.

Paolo is an electronics engineer. He flies gliders, single engine aircraft and helicopters. He developed the idea of DigiSky after having designed and engineered one of the first prototypes of glass cockpit for his light aircraft, a Pelican GS, which has been flying since 1996.
He has worked with very important companies in the sector such as DigiFly and BioFly to develop integrated avionics solutions.
Since 1985 he has been working in the field of industrial process automation to develop synoptic applications.
He has conceived, designed and engineered several biomedical applications and he is specialized in the integration of diagnostical and therapeutical systems for hospital applications. In 2004 he is the founder and CEO of a lead engineering company in the hospital sector.
Since 2005 he has been participating in the development of both fixed wing new projects such as Master Millennium, Elegance and rotary wing ones such as ASI 496G. He founded DigiSky in 2007.

Paolo Pari
President

email pari [at] digisky [dot] it

Maurizio Cheli.

Maurizio graduated in Aerospace Engineering from Houston university. He brings into DigiSky more than 4500 hours of flight experience, mostly in flight testing high performance aircraft, on more than 50 different types of aircraft and approximately 360 hours of space flight.
He joined the Italian Air Force in 1978 and after pilot training in the USA he became an operational pilot on F-104G while stationed at 3rd Wing near Verona. In 1987 he was transferred to the Italian Air Force flight test centre and in 1988 he became a test pilot after graduating from the Empire Test Pilot’s School, Boscombe Down (UK) as first of his class.
In 1992 he was selected by the European Space Agency and sent to NASA’s Johnson Space Centre where in 1993 he became an astronaut. In 1996 he flew as STS-75 Mission Specialist aboard the Space Shuttle. The same year he joined Alenia Aeronautica and in 1998 he became Chief Test Pilot and worked in the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Maurizio Cheli
Scientific Director

email cheli [at] digisky [dot] it

DigiSky Srl - Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 61 - 10138 Torino - Italy - P.I./C.F. 09535510011

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	2010