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 of the long range Global Express family and of the Bombardier CRJ regional airliners. The 1000th Challenger has entered service in 2015. On 30 May 1979 took off the clean-sheet MTOW Cessna Citation III powered by two TFE731, basis of the larger Citation X. The Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond made its first flight on 29 August 1978. The MTOW jet was powered by two JT15D. 950 have been produced, it was renamed Beechjet 400 then Hawker 400. The 1980s only saw the introduction of derivatives and no major new design. Also there was an advent of fractional ownership in the late