By Aditya Mohan, CEO & Philosopher-Scientist, Robometrics® Machines

WHAT IS PILOTMIND? 

PilotMind is not just a blog—it's a cockpit console for a world in flux.

Here, thoughts take off where logic meets lift. It’s the public flight log of a pilot who designs minds for machines. It’s where aerospace meets artificial consciousness. And it’s where I—Aditya Mohan—chronicle what it means to build intelligence not just to compute, but to co-pilot.

As the CEO & Philosopher-Scientist of Robometrics® Machines, I am building embodied AGI that can feel, reason, and fly. From generative AI systems in cockpits to robotics with emotion, this space tracks our experiments, breakthroughs, and philosophies in flight.

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Feature: B2OSH XXXIV – Bonanza to Oshkosh

"We didn’t just arrive at Oshkosh—we arrived inside a living rhythm of trust, timing, and 200 knots of pure coordination."

In 2024, I flew in a Beechcraft Bonanza A36—200 knots at 17,000 feet—into EAA AirVenture as part of the 107-plane B2OSH formation. The difference from last year’s Cessna 182T? Nearly half the time, twice the altitude, and triple the adrenaline.

The aircraft camped beneath us. The standing-room-only lectures on Generative AI for Aviation surrounded us. And the AI minds we build at Robometrics® Machines? They’re now ready to assist—not just compute—but understand what altitude means.

“Formation flight is the closest a pilot ever comes to choreography. In that line of Bonanzas, we weren’t just aviators—we were one airborne mind.” 

AI Demo Day: Ideas in the Air

Each year, Robometrics® Machines hosts its AI Demo Day in Oshkosh, Wisconsin—our flagship retreat and live public showcase. Coinciding with EAA AirVenture, the world’s largest aviation event, it serves as a launchpad for ideas at the intersection of flight and artificial general intelligence.

Our goal has never been to build superintelligence at scale—it’s to build general intelligence that can feel, perceive, and coexist with humans. At AI Demo Day, that vision becomes tangible. From flamping under the wing of our Bonanza to packed talks on AGI copilots, we bring together engineers, pilots, researchers, and dreamers in an atmosphere charged with possibility.

Highlights from Past AI Demo Days

🧠 AI Demo Day III – July 22–28, 2024
We showcased Amelia™, our AGI co-pilot with a 3D holographic interface, and Robometrics® Copilot AI, which makes archaic POHs conversationally accessible. Covered AGI safety, AI creating AI, and generative native tools like custom GPTs, with an open Q&A on emerging AI in aviation.

🧬 AI Demo Day II – July 24–30, 2023
This year emphasized on-device foundation models for aviation and how generative AI can power aviation marketing, in-flight assistance, and next-gen UI/UX for aircraft systems.

🛠 AI Demo Day I – July 25–31, 2022
Our first Demo Day introduced Amelia™ and made the case for Aircraft Artificial Intelligence (AAI) as essential to pilot safety. We explored how AI that learns—rather than reacts—can help anticipate emergencies, support high cognitive-load decisions, and augment pilot judgment in-flight.

Whether under wings, inside tents, or behind control panels, AI Demo Day is where we ask:
What does it mean to fly with a machine that thinks—and feels?

PilotMind Dispatches

🛫 Flying a F-35 at Mach 1, Law, Life and Compartmentalization
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🌌 Barry Lopez on Night Flying
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⚙️ Wright Brothers & Aircraft Propellers
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🕉️ Pushpaka Vimana: Conceptualizing Vedic Technology & Diwali
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🌀 Catch-22: Flying, Logic, and the Art of Staying Crazy
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🏙️ Wings Over Tomorrow: Aerial Excursion Above Silicon Valley's New City Venture
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✈️ Old airplanes are like old friends: Bent-Wing Bird
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🎖️ Parade of the Aircrafts, the March for Independence, Free Spirit
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🌊 The Oceans to Fly with 4 Angels
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Aviation Case Studies – Real World Lessons with Amelia™

Blog Series

🚨 Featured Case Study:
Daher TBM 960 (N960LP) Crash, Potentially Caused by Somatogravic Illusion at Truckee-Tahoe Airport (TRK)

• Date: March 30, 2024

• Aircraft: Daher TBM 960 (N960LP)

• Location: Truckee-Tahoe Airport (TRK), California

The flight from Denver to Truckee ended tragically in low visibility snow conditions, highlighting a cascade of challenges: inoperative runway lights, low visibility, complex autopilot transitions, and probable somatogravic illusion-induced disorientation during a missed approach.

How Amelia™ Could Have Prevented It:
Amelia™, Robometrics® Machines' AI co-pilot, continuously monitors the aircraft's Flight Envelope and the pilot's Health Envelope. Even under severe somatogravic illusion, Amelia’s 3D holographic flight indicators would have warned the pilot that altitude, pitch, and roll were outside safe thresholds—helping prevent spatial disorientation and the fatal outcome.

“Spatial disorientation is invisible until it isn't. Amelia™ turns invisible danger into visible, intuitive reality.”

Visual Log: Altitude, Captured

Photography isn’t just part of the experience—it's its own intelligence. The composition of light, structure, and motion is an act of cognition.

Other Ongoing Series

“The future isn't just about redistribution of labor. It's about the reinvention of worth. A society that automates work must not automate people. If not jobs, then we must offer a renewed contract: roles with meaning, opportunities for mastery, pathways to connection. To pacify is easy; to uplift requires imagination. Because giving someone a place to stand isn't just about economics—it's about restoring gravity to a life otherwise drifting”
— From Aditya’s Insight

• Aditya’s Insight – AI, Security, Law, Power
  This series explores the shifting sands of global tech governance, constitutional AI, and the philosophical roots of power.

“When logic meets compassion, technology transcends mere function to reveal its true soul—where innovation is not only engineered but deeply felt, transforming every creation into a masterpiece that elevates both mind and spirit.”
— From Inventing Tomorrow

• Inventing Tomorrow – Design & Innovation
  From first principles to final products, this journal looks at how we shape tools—and how they shape us.

Featured Shorts

🎞️ How to Steal an Aircraft and Fly It After You’re Drunk
With over 1 million views, this short blends satire and storytelling with aviation absurdity.

“Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.” — Amelia Earhart

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Screenshot from “How to Steal an Aircraft” YouTube Short]

🎞️ The F-22 Raptor and Its Nighttime Secret: The Green Mean Killing Machine
Viewed over 15,000 times, this short reveals the stealth brilliance of the F-22's glowing green "slime light."

“Some aircraft are engineered. Others are composed. This one was sculpted—and then cloaked.”

🎞️ T-38 Talon Nav Air 15 from U.S. Navy Test Pilot School at OSH
This sleek blue and white aircraft exemplifies the spirit of elite test flight engineering.

"To witness it move was to feel the future—disciplined, fast, and impossibly smooth."

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Screenshot from “T-38 Talon” YouTube Short]

📸 Featured Instagram

📷 Red Biplane Over Wiley Fox Pub
View Count: 2,309

This crimson vintage bird surprised the crowd with a skyburst maneuver—timeless drama at Oshkosh. A moment straight out of history… or a time machine.

“Out of nowhere came the red aircraft above us over the Wiley Fox Pub. One of ours 🚀🌻”

#KOSH #Oshkosh #Wisconsin #WorldWar #timetravelers

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Screenshot from "Red Biplane Over Wiley Fox Pub"]

📷 B2OSH Formation Flying Team @ LSE
View Count: 19

Even without thousands of views, this clip stands out: it places the voice behind PilotMind directly in frame. Shot at LSE in La Crosse, WI, on the way to Oshkosh, this reel captures the quiet moments of preparation and community that form the heart of formation flying.

“This is the face of PilotMind—before the briefings, before the takeoff, just a pause in the adventure.”

📷 Biking Before Flying – EAA AirVenture 2024
View Count: 283

A candid shot of pre-departure motion, this reel shows a lighthearted moment biking the grounds of Oshkosh. It’s not about metrics—it’s about energy, community, and the rituals of movement that frame every great aviation story.

“I’m getting better at selfies 😂🚀”

📷 The Two Mavericks – Night at North 40
View Count: 13.7K

After a long day of lectures, exploration at Oshkosh, and a late night movie in the woods, we found ourselves navigating the night—literally. What started as a simple walk turned into an impromptu cross-field journey in a golf cart from North 40 to South 40.

The moment we returned to our tent beside our Beechcraft King Air, I snapped this shot: our aircraft resting under a fading cobalt sky, reflecting a day’s worth of velocity, sweat, and storytelling.

“We are back at our tent. Ending the day with an adventure—the unplanned night safari from North 40 to South 40. The Two Mavericks.”

#KOSH #Oshkosh #Wisconsin #nightadventure

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Screenshot from "The Two Mavericks – Night at North 40"]

📷 Spies Can Be Beautiful – U-2 Dragon Lady at OSH23
View Count: 1,380

In the shadows of adventure, where beauty meets espionage, the U-2 'Dragon Lady' soared quietly overhead. Captured at #OSH23, this reel honors one of the most iconic reconnaissance aircraft ever built—stealthy, powerful, and strangely elegant.

The U-2, a legend from the Cold War and still in active service, reminds us that aviation isn’t just about speed or altitude—it’s about secrets, stories, and the shapes of power.

“Spies can be beautiful. We hope more spies are beautiful.”

#AirVenture2023 #Oshkosh #kosh #U2 #U2SpyPlane #U2DragonLady #SpyPlane #TopSecret

📷 Formation Hold – The B2OSH Launch Line
View Count: 5,652

Shot from the wing of our Beechcraft Bonanza A36, this reel captures the tension, alignment, and raw beauty of 100+ aircraft lined up for launch—the beginning of B2OSH. Standing there, just above the tarmac, you feel the electricity in the air before a mass departure.

“Experiencing the thrill and adventure of standing on the wing of our Beechcraft Bonanza, awaiting takeoff as part of the world’s largest civilian formation flight.”

#adventure #aviation #B2OSH #KOSH #oshkosh

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Screenshot from "The F-22 Raptor and Its Nighttime Secret"]

📷 The F-22 Raptor and Its Nighttime Secret
View Count: 4,510

The F-22 Raptor—arguably the stealthiest, most formidable, and most elusive bird in the skies—has a secret that’s not so secret when the sun goes down. That bright green light on the tip of its tail? Not an alien beacon, but a formation light—also known as a "slime light"—designed for precise low-visibility operations.

This particular F-22, tail number 01-4018, belongs to the 94th Fighter Squadron “Hat in the Ring” out of Langley AFB, Virginia. It continues a legacy of stealth and supremacy, made visible only by the faintest ghostly green glow.

“When flying means staying invisible, even light must obey the mission.”

#F22 #Stealth #F22Raptor #Oshkosh #AirVenture2024 #KOSH #NightOps

📷 Cessna at Dusk with Lights at Camp
View Count: 1,860

Captured as the sun dipped below the horizon, this reel features a softly lit Cessna nestled in the camping zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The atmosphere—twilight, quiet, reverent—is a reminder that aviation isn’t always about motion. Sometimes, it's about stillness, community, and the hum of shared purpose after the propeller stops.

“#Cessna land at #Oshkosh — golden light, cool ground, and a sky full of memory.”

#KOSH #Oshkosh #SunsetAviation #EAAAirVenture

📈 Reach & Influence

PilotMind is not just a journal—it’s a rising signal in the aviation media landscape.

Across YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, Aditya Mohan has built a cross-platform following through visual storytelling, aircraft artificial intelligence commentary, and firsthand aviation footage that resonates across generations of aviators and engineers.

Instagram Highlights

• 13.7K views – The Two Mavericks – Night at North 40
  A cinematic capture of post-flight reflection under a cobalt sky.

• 5.6K views – Formation Hold – B2OSH Launch Line
  100+ aircraft await liftoff in the largest civilian formation flight.

• 4.5K views – The F-22 Raptor's Slime Light Secret
  Stealth meets style in one of the most elegant night operations.

• 1.8K views – Cessna Sunset with Lights at Camp
  A celebration of Oshkosh's magical dusk moments.

• 1.4K views – MiG-15 Taxi Sequence
  Cold War nostalgia meets jet power in motion.

Combined with YouTube:

• 1.05M+ views – Satirical aviation storytelling

• 11K+ views – U.S. Navy test pilot footage

• 14.6K+ views – F-22 night ops explainer

Total reach exceeds 1.15 million+ views, with engagement ratios consistently above 89%.

These aren’t just metrics—they mark the trajectory of a creator at the intersection of AGI, aviation, and public imagination.

“Some fly with a license. Others fly with a lens. I fly with a question: What does intelligence look like at 17,000 feet?”

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PilotMind is not just a journal—it’s a rising signal in the aviation media landscape.

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Across YouTube Shorts, Aditya Mohan has garnered:

1.05M+ views on satirical aviation storytelling

14.6K+ views on military stealth aircraft tech

11.8K+ views on elite test pilot footage

A combined reach of 1.1M+ views with 89–96% like ratios

These aren’t just numbers—they reflect the cultural pull of aviation stories told with insight, humor, and a human touch.

“Some fly with a license. Others fly with a lens. I fly with a question: What does intelligence look like at 17,000 feet?”

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Why PilotMind?

Because AI isn't just a field—it's a journey.
Because altitude isn’t just height—it’s perspective.
Because PilotMind is where AGI doesn’t just think—it navigates.

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