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
Lilium Jet its product into an international brand. September 2018, Yann de Vries, Partner at Atomico, became the new Vice President of Lilium. The Lilium Jet is a five-seat canard light sport aircraft, it has twelve flaps each fitted with three electric engines, each with a ducted fan. The flaps will allow the aircraft to take off vertical and transit to level flight as the flaps are moved. The flaps are directed downwards to start, creating vertical lift. Ongoing flying they are in horizontal position, so the forward thrust results. Here, the wings contribute to the buoyancy, which is energetically much more