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Aviation Innovations on Display
Aviation geek heaven — While the world’s aviation execs were hammering out business deals behind closed doors at Farnborough, everyone else was having fun checking out the planes and the gear.
Stunning Aircraft Performances
Boom! The Lockheed Martin F-35B thunders across the skies above the UK’s Farnborough Airshow. Its flyby was one of several ‘wow’ moments witnessed by spectators at the huge aviation event.The F-35B’s pilot shows off the plane’s hovering capabilities. Its engine is designed to swivel downward, blasting 18,000 pounds of thrust at the ground to keep the plane in the air.The Eurofighter Typhoon’s unique design sets it apart — canard forewings at the front, delta wing at the back.
A Showcase of Engineering Marvels
Created in a collaboration between Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, the Eurofighter Typhoon showed its capabilities against a backdrop of dark clouds at Farnborough.The second Airbus A350XWB ever built was also showing off at Farnborough. It wowed the crowds with a super-steep takeoff.During the twin engine A350XWB’s performance, it started steep and then moved on from there with gracefully done tight turns and other unusual maneuvers you’d never see at your local airport.The Antonov An-178 is a twin-jet utility transport aircraft with unique lines. Or a ‘fat porpoise with wings,’ as one Farnborough onlooker commented.The ‘Big Daddy’, the Airbus A380, might be more than a decade old, but it still dazzled crowds at Farnborough with some incredible aerobatics for a plane of its size.Happy birthday, Boeing! In the same week as the Farnborough airshow, Boeing is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The company that brought you the 737 back in 1967 brought this aircraft to the party this year: the 737MAX — the latest version of Boeing’s most popular selling jet.Not content with its solo display, the Lockheed Martin F-35B also joined a flypast with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team.Aviation geeks got a good look at the Bombardier CS100 as pilots put it through its paces in the sky over southern England. It’s the first narrow body airliner designed from scratch in nearly 30 years.
