Hi Billy, and thank you so much for your lovely email to ask about aeroplanes.
I am unsure whether you will receive this so I am sending it more in hope than expectation, but I felt that you deserved an answer to your question.
In 2026, we use aeroplanes (UK) or airplanes (US) to travel across the planet quickly. Some trips are short and some are very very long. I recently took a trip from England to South Africa that took me 18 hours, with a stop off in Dubai.
Aeroplanes are very expensive and most people cannot afford to buy one themselves. Also, they are very complicated to fly so only a trained pilot can do so. For most of us, our experience of aeroplanes is limited to being strapped into a seat with hundreds of other people with little room to move. We often have small screens in front of us with a map of where we are, or a selection of TV shows. The staff on board the planes serve us meals on plastic trays and drinks in plastic cups. We can walk up and down the aeroplane once the Captain has told us that we can take off our seatbelts.
It's generally a very peaceful way to travel. I like to stare out the window looking at the scenery. We are so high up that you can't see people but you can see where they have been and what they have built: houses, cars, bridges and airports where the aeroplanes take off and land.
I watch the wispy clouds roll past, and I am at peace.
Congratulations on your B+ grade in maths. You should be very proud and keep up the good work.
Kind regards A