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
Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace Vertical Aerospace is a British aerospace manufacturer based in Bristol, England that designs and builds vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electrically powered aircraft. The company was founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick, an ex-Formula 1 team owner and Founder & CEO of OVO Energy. The company flew its first prototype aircraft - an electrically powered quadcopter that weighed 750kg - in June 2018 at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, Gloucestershire. The aircraft, which was unmanned and remotely controlled, is capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and has four electric engines, each inside a ducted fan. The company states