In pictures: Farnborough Airshow 2012
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Lancaster Bomber on the deck (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Landing gear down: Malaysia Airlines A380 with Qatar Airways 787 Dreamliner in the foreground (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurocopter’s EC175 taking off (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurocopter’s EC175 throwing shapes (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurocopter’s EC175 landing (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurofighter Typhoon roars across Farnborough skies (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurofighter Typhoon roars across Farnborough skies (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurofighter Typhoon roars across Farnborough skies (Photo: Gizmag)
AgustaWestland helicopters AW139, AW169 and AW189 flying in close-formation (Photo: Gizmag)
AW169 breaks away from the AgustaWestland pack (Photo: Gizmag)
Farnborough Airshow is a truly international affair (Photo: Gizmag)
The Saab Gripen on fine form (Photo: Gizmag)
The Saab Gripen on fine form (Photo: Gizmag)
An F/A-18 Hornet prepares for take-off (Photo: Gizmag)
An F/A-18 Hornet takes off (Photo: Gizmag)
Security. Mud. There was no shortage of either at Farnborough this year (Photo: Gizmag)
Aerial display of the F/A-18 Hornet (Photo: Gizmag)
Aerial display of the F/A-18 Hornet (Photo: Gizmag)
Aerial display of the F/A-18 Hornet (Photo: Gizmag)
Aerial display of the F/A-18 Hornet (Photo: Gizmag)
An F/A-18 Hornet comes in to land (Photo: Gizmag)
An F/A-18 Hornet comes in to land (Photo: Gizmag)
A Stolp Starduster Too SA300 raring to go (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet on the runway (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet takes to the sky (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet takes to the sky (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet takes to the sky (Photo: Gizmag)
A Stolp Starduster Too SA300 completes its display flight (Photo: Gizmag)
The Korean T50B added a splash of color to Farnborough's overcast sky (Photo: Gizmag)
The Korean T50B added a splash of color to Farnborough's overcast sky (Photo: Gizmag)
A lone security guard watches the Korean T50B take off (Photo: Gizmag) (Photo: Gizmag)
The Korean T50B added a splash of color to Farnborough's overcast sky (Photo: Gizmag)
The Korean T50B added a splash of color to Farnborough's overcast sky (Photo: Gizmag)
The Korean T50B added a splash of color to Farnborough's overcast sky (Photo: Gizmag)
Flight of the Phillips ST2 Speedtwin (Photo: Gizmag)
Flight of the Phillips ST2 Speedtwin (Photo: Gizmag)
There were no shortage of aircraft flights in addition to the billed displays (Photo: Gizmag)
Qatar Airways' 787 Dreamliner on the ground (Photo: Gizmag)
An MV-22 Osprey taking off (Photo: Gizmag)
An MV-22 Osprey taking off (Photo: Gizmag)
An MV-22 Osprey does its thing (Photo: Gizmag)
An MV-22 Osprey does its thing (Photo: Gizmag)
Police motorcyclists on patrol (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
A model of the Sukhoi Su-35 on display (Photo: Gizmag)
Helicopter window shopping (Photo: Gizmag)
Alenia Sky-Y UAV static display (Photo: Gizmag)
One of many flight simulators on display (Photo: Gizmag)
The Drako UAS (Photo: Gizmag)
The SpaceShipTwo replica on display (Photo: Gizmag)
The SpaceShipTwo replica on display (Photo: Gizmag)
The SpaceShipTwo replica on display (Photo: Gizmag)
Sikorsky Black Hawk S-70i static display (Photo: Gizmag)
Virgin Galactic weren't the only ones with launch capabilities to tout (Photo: Gizmag)
Big engines: a distinct theme in the Airshow halls (Photo: Gizmag)
Big engines: a distinct theme in the Airshow halls (Photo: Gizmag)
Wave Sight mini-UAV on display (Photo: Gizmag)
A model of Reaction Engines' SABRE engine (Photo: Gizmag)
Thales LMM lightweight multi-role missile (Photo: Gizmag)
Creation Zephyr MRV (Photo: Gizmag)
A robot from the University of Warwick's WMG research group (Photo: Gizmag)
The capacious insides of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (Photo: Gizmag)
A US Army UH-72A helicopter (Photo: Gizmag)
An F-15 Eagle (Photo: Gizmag)
The hefty landing gear of the F/A-18 Hornet (Photo: Gizmag)
General Dynamics F-16 on the ground (Photo: Gizmag)
An F-15 Eagle (Photo: Gizmag)
An F-15 Eagle (Photo: Gizmag)
Rear end of the F-15 Eagle (Photo: Gizmag)
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from the front (Photo: Gizmag)
Still in testing, the Airbus A400M Atlas was slated to fly at Farnborough this year, but was ultimately unable to do so (Photo: Gizmag)
Still in testing, the Airbus A400M Atlas was slated to fly at Farnborough this year, but was ultimately unable to do so (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurocopter’s EC175 (Photo: Gizmag)
Tubular Typhoon (Photo: Gizmag)
The enormous Omega Tanker (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet takes to the sky (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Malaysia Airlines A380 puts on a display at Farnborough (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurofighter Typhoon roars across Farnborough skies (Photo: Gizmag)
A Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced training jet takes to the sky (Photo: Gizmag)
Eurocopter’s EC175 (Photo: Gizmag) (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Blades aerobatic display team (Photo: Gizmag)
Article Summary
The skies over Hampshire, England, may have been resolutely overcast, but there has been nothing dull about the spectacle of the biennial Farnborough International Airshow taking place in them this week. Crowds composed mostly of media, military and millionaires endured airport-style security checks to observe aerial displays from ear-piercing fighter jet fighters, enormous airliners and aeronautic display teams of dubious sanity.
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