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{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Farnborough International Airshow
| logo = Farnborough Airshow logo.svg
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| genre = [[Air show]]
| dates = July
| frequency = [[wiktionary:biennial|Biennial]]: Even years
| venue = [[Farnborough
| coordinates =
| established =
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| attendance = 209,000 (2012)
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The
The international trade show
==Status==
The Farnborough International Airshow is the second-largest show of its kind after the [[Paris Air Show]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2017-11-08/2017-dubai-airshow-expected-be-largest-yet |title= 2017 Dubai Airshow Expected To Be Largest Yet |author= Peter Shaw-Smith |date=
The event is held in mid-July in even-numbered years at
==History==
The [[Society of British Aircraft Constructors]] held its first flying and static display at Hendon Aerodrome in June 1932.<ref name="flight601">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Flight International|Flight]]|date=1 July 1932|title=The S.B.A.C Display|page=601}}</ref> An invitation only flying display was held on 27 June 1932 and some of the aircraft were on static display in the "new aircraft park" during the previous weekend when the Royal Air Force pageant was held.<ref name="flight601" />
For the sixth annual display in
The show recommenced in 1946 at [[Handley Page]] works at [[Radlett]] in north London until 1947.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018>-->
In 1948, it moved to the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] field at [[Farnborough, Hampshire]].<ref name=Flight17jul2018>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-seven-decades-of-show-business-450035/ |title= Farnborough: Seven decades of show business |date= 17 Jul 2018 |author= Max Kingsley Jones |work= Flightglobal |access-date= 18 July 2018 |archive-date= 18 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180718112425/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-seven-decades-of-show-business-450035/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
===1940s===
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[[File:Farnborough Airshow Programme - 1948.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover of the 1948 Farnborough Airshow programme]]
The inaugural show took place on the first week of September 1948 and all of the static aircraft and supporting display stands were concentrated in the NE corner of the airfield with 'A-Shed' as the main 'West Exhibition Hall' and the soon-to-be famous 'Black Sheds' housing a smaller 'East Exhibition Hall' and refreshments for guests on trade days and the public at the weekend. Among the many aircraft on display
The [[de Havilland Comet]] jet airliner was shown in 1949.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
In 1950 the huge [[Bristol Brabazon]] airliner made its debut, powered by coupled [[Bristol Centaurus]] piston engines before the [[Bristol Proteus]] turboprops for longer ranges like London-New York nonstop.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
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In 1970, [[Concorde]] was shown after it had begun flight-testing the year before.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
The double-delta [[Saab Viggen]] debuted in 1972 along with the [[Lockheed TriStar]] trijet [[widebody]], powered by [[Rolls-Royce RB211]]s, in national British carrier [[British European Airways|BEA]] colours.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
The Mach 3 [[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird]], and the [[C-5 Galaxy]] military airlifter, were shown in 1974.<ref name=Flight17jul2018/> In 1978, the [[CASA C-101]] was flown in the airshow after flight-testing earlier that same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1157155|title=CASA C-101 Aviojet, EC-ZDI / P4, CASA|first=Robin A.|last=Walker|website=abpic.co.uk|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731162638/https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1157155|url-status=live}}</ref>
===1980s===
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In 1982, the civil aviation transatlantic rivalry was exemplified by the European [[Airbus A310]] against the American [[Boeing 767]] widebody [[twinjet]]s, along with its [[narrowbody]] sibling, the [[Boeing 757]], while the [[Rockwell B-1]] large [[swing-wing]] bomber was the main military interest.<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
In 1984, to demonstrate its short landing capability, a [[de Havilland Canada Buffalo]] made a steep descent but hit the runway, collapsed its landing gear and
At the 1986 show were demonstrated the [[BAe EAP]], the Eurofighter predecessor, and [[Dassault Rafale]] rival fighters, as an [[Airbus A300|A300]] [[fly-by-wire]] testbed flying at very high [[angles of attack]] showing the [[wind-shear]] [[Aerodynamic stall|stall]] protection capabilities, later equipping the [[A320]].<!--<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>-->
In 1988, the [[General Electric GE36|GE36]] [[propfan]]-powered [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80]] was demonstrated as a precursor for the [[MD-94X]] but propfan airliners remain elusive, while the Soviet Union brought the giant [[Antonov An-124 Ruslan]] airlifter and two [[MiG-29]] fighters.<ref name=Flight17jul2018/>
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==== End of the Public Show ====
In March 2019 it was announced that the public flying days at the airshow would not continue. "Negative and vitriolic feedback" following the 2018 airshow, falling visitor numbers and tighter regulations introduced in the wake of the crash at [[2015 Shoreham Airshow crash|Shoreham]] – which made it impossible for exhibitors such as the Red Arrows to perform aerobatics close to populated areas – were given as factors that contributed towards the decision. Farnborough would be a five-day trade show, with public admittance on the Friday only.<ref name=BBC47463443>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-47463443 |title=Farnborough Airshow public weekend axed |publisher=BBC News Online |date=5 March 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019 |archive-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305231734/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-47463443 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-air-show-axing-public-weekend-from-2020-456368/ |title= Farnborough air show axing public weekend from 2020 |date= 5 March 2019 |work= Flightglobal |access-date= 6 March 2019 |archive-date= 6 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190306041930/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-air-show-axing-public-weekend-from-2020-456368/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
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The 2020 Farnborough Airshow was to take place on 20 to 24 July 2020, but it was cancelled for the first time in its 72-year history
== Accidents ==
On 6 September 1952, a [[DH.110 jet fighter]]
[[1952 Farnborough Airshow crash|crashed]] into the airshow audience, killing 29 spectators and its pilot [[John Derry]] and navigator Tony Richards. The worst airshow accident in the UK, it led to new safety procedures at British air displays.
On 13 September 1964, a Bristol Bulldog ''G-ABBB'', marked (incorrectly) as ''K2227'' and owned by the Shuttleworth Trust, crashed while performing a loop.<ref name="av-safety1">{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=202342|title=Incident Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA G-ABBB, 13 Sep 1964|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012456/https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=202342|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 20 September 1968, a French Air Force [[Breguet Atlantic]] crashed into the offices of the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] (RAE) while performing a display at the air show. One of the RAE's civilian maintenance staff was killed, as were all five members of the crew.<ref>{{cite web| title = British Air Show Crash Kills 6| publisher = St.Petersburg Times| date = 21 September 1968| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1483,58909&dq=airshow+crash| access-date = 10 December 2020| archive-date = 16 July 2012| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120716163710/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ohoMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KFwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1483,58909&dq=airshow+crash| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1230486 "AIR 20/12163: Breguet Atlantique aircraft crash at Farnborough SBAC display 20th Sept 1968."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318062209/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1230486 |date=18 March 2018 }} ''The National Archives, Kew'', 1968.</ref>
On 11 September 1970, a Wallis WA-117 autogyro ''G-AXAR'' crashed, killing the pilot, J.
On 1 September 1974, the Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk helicopter prototype crashed on the runway after a low roll, killing both crew.<ref name ="Flight1"/>
On 4 September 1984 a de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo crashed on the runway, with no casualties, after a badly judged steep approach to an intended short landing in a gusting crosswind.<ref name ="Flight1"/>
== See also ==
*[[List of
== References ==
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