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From the Wright brothers and the early days of aviation, through the jet age and the growth of commercial increasingstrides F flights to the being made towards commercial space travel, we have continuously evolved to make putting men in the sky a now perfectly normal and natural thing.

 

As the aerospace industry continues to strive towards decarbonising itself, Damien Marc, President of JPB Système, takes a look at how governmental and organisational support is helping manufacturers pave the way to collectively achieving the ambitious but necessary objective.

With regards to aircraft, mankind's ability to advance from the first ever flight, to ensuring the safety of flight and the subsequent widespread accessibility and availability of airborne travel,could be likened to three separate revolutions. Today, the industry's current and equally important objective is to accomplish a fourth revolution that of decarbonisation.

As a sector, we are one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Even with improvements (current aircraft have a unit consumption [per passenger.km] five times lower than those manufactured in the 1960's), we must continue to limit global warming to protect the earth we walk on, or in our case, fly over.