The a/c in the massive tents that cover the grounds at Farnborough International Airport for the week of its biennial airshow may be the best spot in town to weather the record heat wave that threatens the U.K. with temperatures predicted to soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit/40 degrees Celsius.
But folks will have to step outside to catch the main reason why many pilots strive to attend the show—those brand-new and still-in-development transport category jets that put on a marvelous aerial display not seen anywhere else. While we may have EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, each year and amazing performers twirling across the skies, the airspace over these Hampshire hills throbs with the string of massive airliners—otherwise rarely deviating from straight and level—that swoop in for steep turns after low passes.
