The engineers: Flying at the edge

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.

Leading aircraft 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 and Daniel Moczydlower, president of the Brazilian future aircraft innovators, Embraer-X, 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.

(Photo: A HY4 liquid hydrogen powered electric aircraft in flight at Maribor airport in Slovenia, 7 Sept, 2023. Credit: Peter Santini/Getty Images)