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Leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel.
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Aviation is being reimagined for a changing planet: Vertical take-off passenger cars for city centres. Hydrogen powered planes for zero carbon travel. Hyper-sonic flights to take the London to Sydney journey to under two hours.
Three world leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel on stage in London, to discuss their trailblazing work and answer questions from a live audience at the Royal Geographical Society, London.
The Engineers:
Kelly Latimer – US Aerospace engineer, flight test pilot, and former Flight Test Director of Virgin Galactic.
Rob Miller - Net-zero aviation pioneer and Director of the Whittle Lab at Cambridge University, UK
Daniel Moczydlower – President of the Brazilian future aircraft innovators, Embraer-X.
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Flying the Virgin Galactic spaceship
04:34 Electric flying vehicles – eVTOLS
08:27 Cryogenic engines
10:32 Infrastructure
16:38 The future of flight
20:43 Audience questions
Presenter: Caroline Steel
Producer: Charlie Taylor
Images within this video are used by permission of the guests. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic, Whittle Lab at Cambridge University, Embraer-X.
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Leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel.
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Aviation is being reimagined for a changing planet: Vertical take-off passenger cars for city centres. Hydrogen powered planes for zero carbon travel. Hyper-sonic flights to take the London to Sydney journey to under two hours.
Three world leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel on stage in London, to discuss their trailblazing work and answer questions from a live audience at the Royal Geographical Society, London.
The Engineers:
Kelly Latimer – US Aerospace engineer, flight test pilot, and former Flight Test Director of Virgin Galactic.
Rob Miller - Net-zero aviation pioneer and Director of the Whittle Lab at Cambridge University, UK
Daniel Moczydlower – President of the Brazilian future aircraft innovators, Embraer-X.
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Flying the Virgin Galactic spaceship
04:34 Electric flying vehicles – eVTOLS
08:27 Cryogenic engines
10:32 Infrastructure
16:38 The future of flight
20:43 Audience questions
Presenter: Caroline Steel
Producer: Charlie Taylor
Images within this video are used by permission of the guests. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic, Whittle Lab at Cambridge University, Embraer-X.
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