Farnborough Airshow 1958, the Fairey Rotodyne was the star attraction, with its “tip-jet” powered rotors, transitioning from an helicopter vertical takeoff and hover to autogiro flight, exceeding helicopter speeds. In 1962, the last time it was held annually, the Hawker P.1127, the VTOL precursor to the Harrier jump jet, made its debut, like the corporate de Havilland DH.125 Jet Dragon, the de Havilland Trident and Vickers VC10 airliners. From 1966, foreign aircraft were allowed if that they had British major components, like the Rolls-Royce-powered Aermacchi MB-326 trainer and Fokker F27 turboprop airliner, as the Red Arrows, the RAF aerobatic display team, debuted
Business jet 1980s for business jets. The clean-sheet Learjet 45 took off on 7 October 1995. The is powered by two TFE731. 642 have been made since. Powered by two Williams FJ44, the Beechcraft Premier I light jet made its first flight on 22 December 1998. Nearly 300 had been made before the production stopped in 2013. In the opposite way of Bombardier, Embraer derived the Legacy 600 from the ERJ regional jet family. Powered by two Rolls-Royce AE 3007, the plane took off first on 31 March 2001. On 14 August 2001, the Bombardier Challenger 300 made its first flight. The