Taking place just once every 2 years in Farnborough, Hampshire, the International Airshow is one of the most iconic events in the world. Held at the historical Farnborough Aerodrome – the birthplace of British aviation, the show features a jam-packed flying display both on the ground and in the air, as well as a multitude of entertainment features. While the world’s aviation experts were hammering out their business behind closed doors, everyone had the chance to have fun checking out the planes and the gear. Without any doubt this is the world’s greatest air show and the “wow” effect is guaranteed. This week long event that combines trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries as well as a public airshow, provides an opportunity to demonstrate civilian and military aircrafts to potential customers and investors. On the other side, the show aims to attract media coverage.
In the video below you can catch the highlights from the 2016 Farnborough Airshow air display, where Boeing 737 MAX and Locked Martin’s F-35 made their airshow debut.
http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-airshow-2016/farnborough-airshow-air-display-highlights
100 italian companies were present at the International Airshow taking part in the institutional stand ICE/AIAD/MOD, including a room for the corporate meetings, a real hub for all the italian companies. Centro Italiano Ricerca Aerospaziale (CIRA) and Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) were present at the airshow too. Leonardo-Finmeccanica had a debut in Farnborough with its brand new name, a new logo and for the first time as One Company displaying different set up of their helicopters, and also some airplanes without pilot for surveillance missions. Also Piaggio displayed the P.1HH HammerHead, remotedly piloted for intelligence, Survellaince and Reconnaissance missions. In the meantime, key decisions on the whole european defence and aircraft industry were the main topics discussed behind a closed doors meeting held by Ian King, (Bae Systems CEO) where Leonardo-Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti and Tom Enders, (Airbus Group CEO) were invited too. This was the first top manager meeting taking place after Brexit.
For a detailed report of what happened please visit the official video gallery here
http://www.farnborough.com/trade/Content/Video-Gallery
