Hey, Dan here and welcome to Thun Kids Science Weekly, Reach for the Sky Special.

The podcast explores the future of aviation from the design and sustainability of future planes

to the people who keep them flying and make sure our experience is top-notch.

In this podcast, we're answering your questions.

We asked you what you would like to know about planes of the future,

and I have to say, there is a lot.

Hundreds of you got in touch.

So we'll get to that.

And first, let's get off to a supersonic start.

Here's Amy. Music that and first let's get off to a supersonic start here's amy amy aviation's british aeronautics there are loads of places around the UK which are associated with britain's aerospace industry

some of them might be near to where you live let's spin the propeller and see where we're headed today.

It's Bristol. Get ready for takeoff.

Bristol is in the south-west of the UK. We're headed for Filton, a place which has a long aviation history. Airplane production

began here over 100 years ago in 1910. Filton was home to the Bristol fighter plane that was

used to defend the skies in the First World War. It was the Spitfire of its day. It's also where the Blenheim was made.

That was a fighter used by the Royal Air Force in the early days of World War II.

Wilson has also been home to the manufacturer of helicopters and even satellites.

But one of its most famous developments was Concord.

Concord was a passenger jet developed by the British and French.

It was launched in the 1970s and could travel at supersonic speeds.

It could fly between London and New York in as little as two and a half hours, reaching speeds

of 1,300 miles an hour.

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