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== Accidents ==
On 6 September 1952, a [[DH.110 jet fighter]] 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash|disintegrated in flight and crashed into the crowdairshow watching the airshowaudience, killing 29 spectators and its pilot [[John Derry]] and navigator Tony Richards. This was theThe worst ever airshow accident in thisthe country andUK, soonit led to new safety procedures at future 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}}</ref>. – theThe pilot was only slightly hurt.
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}}</ref><ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1230486 "AIR 20/12163: Breguet Atlantique aircraft crash at Farnborough SBAC display 20th Sept 1968."] ''The National Archives, Kew'', 1968.</ref>
On 11 September 1970, a Wallis WA-117 autogyro ''G-AXAR'' crashed, killing the pilot, J. W. C. Judge.<ref name ="Flight1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/our-list-of-post-war-air-show-accidents-416034/|title=Our list of post-war air show accidents}}</ref>
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"/>
== Radio ==
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The station is overseen by Farnborough International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of British aerospace industry's body ADS.
The first radio station was set up to coincide with the September 1994 show, in partnership with Farnborough College of Technology. From 2000 the radio station was managed by the College's media department, led by broadcaster and media tutor Fred Marden.
The station works closely with [[Flight International]] and the [[Flight Daily News]], and often features guest presenters from both publications.
▲The scale of the station has increased vastly, and for the first time the 2016 official radio station for Farnborough International was broadcast on DAB alongside FM analogue, reaching a potential audience of 3.8 million in the south east of England. Broadcasting 9 days in total, the station was live from 0700-2100 during the week of the airshow with overnight highlights from the days events. As well as broadcasting a number of programmes across the day bringing interviews, traffic updates and competitions, the station also re-broadcast the air display commentary by Stratton Richey.
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