Interview Iain Gray

“THERE IS A danger of everyone just looking at their individual part in an overall aerospace and aviation agenda,” says Cranfield University's director of aerospace, Iain Gray. “But it is entirely possible to integrate every aspect of air travel. That is part of the ‘third revolution’ happening today, based on technology solutions and a business model that needs to be put in place.” This vision of the past has a ‘first revolution’ of piston aircraft and a ‘second revolution’ seeing the introduction of the jet engine. The third “is simply how we use digital technology to assist the passenger experience”. Gray explains there is a trend in current thinking that says when a passenger gets off an aeroplane they should feel better than when they get on it.