OUR STORY
FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL TO BRAND
The Classroom
This story doesn't start in a cockpit. It starts at a classroom desk.
ATPL theory phase, same course, same bench: Dominic, twelve years in product development and sourcing in the creative industry, before choosing to fly. Timothy, off to an ice hockey boarding school at 14, first pro contract at 20 — and mechanical engineering studies with a focus on materials science in parallel. Two completely different paths — and the same wavelength from day one.
At some point it was clear: we wanted to build something together, not just study together.
The Problem
Then came the first training flights. The first solos. And with them a problem we both shared: our glasses simply weren't built for the cockpit. Temples too wide and too stiff — the noise cancelling of our headsets couldn't seal, and that pressure on the temples flew with us every hour. Two people, one annoyance — and one question: why doesn't something better exist?
The Lunch Room
The annoyance became an idea, lunch breaks became concept sessions. Brand name, personas, branding: our flight school's break room became the first solaero office. It all properly began in April/May 2025.
The name came first: SOL — the sun. AIR — the atmosphere. The two elements flying lives between. solaero.
Made for Pilots. Built by Pilots.
Worn by everyone who calls the sky home.
Timothy Spezia
Co-Founder, Community & Marketing
Ice hockey boarding school at 14, first pro contract at 20 — defenseman, U20 champion. In parallel, he studied mechanical engineering with a focus on materials science. At 21 he traded the ice for the sky: ATPL training. At solæro, he leads community and marketing. He wears the NOMÆD™.
"Functional equipment, engineered for every pilot. Not just the ones with the biggest budget."
Dominic Tirschmann
Co-Founder, Brand & Product
Twelve years in product development and sourcing across fashion and graphic design — for major European e-commerce retailers, streetwear brands, designers and artists. Then the shift to the cockpit: ATPL training at a flight school near Berlin. At solaero, he leads brand, design and sourcing. He wears the VÆCTOR™.