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The Engineers: Flying at the Edge

Leaders in the field of aircraft engineering join BBC presenter Caroline Steel

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.

Release date:

50 minutes

On radio

Sat 8 Aug 202611:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Aug 202611:06GMT