A veteran chief engineer building a flying taxi shared the one piece of advice he'd give his 25-year-old self

David King, and the seats for Vertical Aerospace's air taxi. Pete Syme/Business Insider Vertical Aerospace's chief engineer says he'd tell his younger self to "discover and embrace the discovery." David King said it's important to embrace learning new things and not be afraid of the unknown. It's a handy perspective for the air-taxi firm, which performed the first public transition flight. David King is the chief engineer at Vertical Aerospace , a British company developing an eVTOL — an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft — intended to work like a flying taxi . If he could give his 25-year-old self one piece of advice, King said, it would be: "Don't be afraid of the unknown." "Just discover, and embrace the discovery, and learn as you go, but get to discovery safely and effectively," he told Business Insider.