The Farnborough Airshow, officially the Farnborough International Airshow, is a trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries, where civilian and military aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and investors. Since its first show in 1948, Farnborough has seen the debut of many famous aeroplanes, including the Vickers VC10, Concorde, the Eurofighter, the Airbus A380, and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. At the 1958 show, Hawker Hunters the RAF's Black Arrows executed a 22-aircraft formation loop, setting a new world record.
Farnborough in 2006
Cover of the 1948 Farnborough Airshow programme
Vickers Viscount with Rolls-Royce Tays in 1950
Avro Vulcans and Avro 707s formation in 1953
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, representing the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain, manages the project and is the prime customer.
Eurofighter Typhoon
British Aerospace EAP ZF534 (for "Experimental Aircraft Programme") at the Farnborough Air Show, 1986
RAF Typhoon FGR4 ZK356 shows its delta wing, July 2016.
Close-up view of RAF Typhoon F2 ZJ910, showing the deflected canard control surface immediately below the pilot