As you remember, 9H-MIP Airbus A380 landed in Malta from Singapore via Abu Dhabi, UAE in white livery in 4th July. Days before the airshow started, Hi Fly Malta introduced a special livery called Save the Coral Reefs with one side of the current Coral Reefs & one side the Coral Reefs might no longer exist with fish in skeletons by 2050. This is a strong message to the world if they care of underwater wildlife & stop pollution the water this might not have happened in the future.
Of course, I've find another Maltese airliner which is Vista Jet and Air X Charter. I've seen Vista Jet when I was in security. Then Air X in the runway for a normal flight before the airshow begins. 9H-JPC Embraer ERJ-135BJ Legacy 6000 waited at the runway for departure.
One of my favorite Military aircraft has to be Boeing C-17A Globemaster III by Boeing & McDonnell Douglas with wonderful engine sound during taxi & landing. The aircraft you see registered 06-6168 is based only at Dover Air Force Base, USA in Delaware which is also home to Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. At the end of the aircraft, you'll see people in line to go inside the aircraft. Their is one different line what you'll about to see that took me almost 2 hours of wait.
Hear is the cockpit of the Boeing C-17A Globemaster III. In my opinion, the cockpit looks so much like McDonnell Douglas look than Boeing during the end of an era when Boeing merged McDonnell Douglas while other aircraft like MD-11, Boeing 717, MD-90 and C-17 was still in production in Long Beach, USA with Boeing staff before the closure of the assembly point in mid 2000's with only last C-17's left to be built. The cockpit looks abit more retro with LED display & flight stick is on the middle unlike Airbus it's on the left & right side and a HUD is also added.
One of the main reasons for me to visit Farnborough is the new Airbus A350-1000 a 74-meter long stretched version of the A350 family designed & replace the Airbus A340-600 aircraft and compete the Boeing 777-300ER and upcoming Boeing 777-9. Even though the 1000 series are not in fully operational, only Qatar Airways has two in service as a launch customer since the A350 is also the launch customer of the 900 series as of February 2018.
The Red Arrows also turned up. However, their has been struck rules in UK's aviation due to the Shoreham Airshow crash in 2015 all aircraft including the Red Arrows are only allow to fly a short display across (some) UK's airfield no aerobatic display according to the UK Aviation Authority. With Bournemouth Air Festival round the corner, it will continue to fly aerobatic by the sea. The Red Arrows took off Farnborough for the last time before heading to base. When I was exiting the airshow, I hear peple giving complaints to the stewards why didn't they did aerobatic. We just have to put up with it really.
F-16's are beasts! When it done an aerobatic display by the US Air Force, it was so difficult to take photos while flying Super Sonic then BOOM! what a great aerobatic display it was.
And finally the Boeing 727 has made a comeback by T2 Aviation. This was the game G-OSRA in Farborough International Airshow 2016. The aircraft was not on display though, it instead did a short flying display like last time. I was expected to see like it was the last time. If you don't know the full story about this aircraft I'll explain. This is the last 727 ever built by Boeing in 1984 delivered to Fedex ex N217FE till it was withdrawn & stored at Los Angeles, USA in July 2012 then three months later it was stored in Lasham, UK & transformer from a freighter to Oil Spill Response meaning the aircraft flies at low level & spray water to the oil spillage with water encase the event of a fire.
That's all I have I know it's not a lot it's pretty much like 2016. Hope what we might see in Farnborough International Airshow 2020.
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