Civilian tours of DoD Corral

On Wednesday, aircrews hosted members of the public and media at the DOD corral at Farnborough:

AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey thanks the aircrew of the C-17 for their service:

Marion Blakey visits Member Displays

AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey and Vice President of Membership and Development David Mandell visited with a number of member companies earlier in the show.

Ms. Blakey at the Aeromark booth:

Visiting with Chromalloy:

Talking unmanned aerial systems with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems:

Jabil Defense and Aerospace:

Synchronous Aerospace Group:

and Tactair:

DoD Corral

There are a number of great systems on display at the DOD corral this year:

Starting with a combat tested Scan Eagle:

The F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet that is flying demonstrations this week:

A brand new LUH-72A Lakota:

An F-16 C/D Fighting Falcon:

An F-15E Strike Eagle:

A C-17 Globemaster III:

A C-130 Hercules:

And a MV-22 Osprey:

Space Luncheon with NASA Administrator Bolden

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association and sponsored by ATK today at the Farnborough Air Show. The session featured discussion of the opportunities and importance of international cooperation on space activities, as well as the need to inspire students to study science and mathematics to become the next generation of engineers and workers to carry us to the stars.

Flying Demonstrations, Day One

The Air Show affords companies the opportunity to show off their products, and we were able to see a number of great flying demonstrations.

First, the Boeing F/A-18 showed off some fancy maneuvers:

Then a Marine crew put the Bell/Boeing MV-22 Osprey through its paces:

And finally, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner capped the day with its first flight demonstration at an air show in Qatar Airlines livery: