MEET THE FOUNDERS
SEDGE DOWNING
Sedge is revolutionizing lightweight flight with intense focus and energy.
Coming from a rich family heritage of designers, engineers, and builders, Sedge instinctively relies on a first principles approach and maintains endless curiosity while problem solving.
His professional background includes operational roles in venture capital, computing infrastructure, and law firms.
In addition to that experience, Sedge’s law degree from the University of Texas helps him find creative solutions to administrative challenges.
Sedge lives in Leander, Texas with his wife and daughter. He’s also an avid cyclist with podium results in road, gravel, and mountain bike events across Texas.
ROCK DOWNING
Rock Downing has worked as a consultant to international corporations such as Dell and BHP, and he has been involved with three successful tech start-ups.
With an MBA and more than 30 years of technology engineering leadership, his specialty is in strategies for breakthrough technologies.
Alongside his business experience, Rock brings a lifelong interest in ultralight flight and invention to the team.
Rescue Wing Drones can trace its origins to a conceptual craft that Rock and his sons developed and flew at the 2026 DARPA Lift Challenge under the group name RockSolid Team 2.
Rock lives in Austin, Texas with his wife.