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Farnborough International Report 2012
This year’s Farnborough International airshow brought plenty of good news for aircraft makers, as airlines placed significant orders. Looking even farther into the future is Virgin Galactic, which brought a mock-up  of its SpaceShipTwo (left) to the show. Photo: Mark Wagner
This year’s Farnborough International airshow brought plenty of good news for aircraft makers, as airlines placed significant orders. Looking even farther into the future is Virgin Galactic, which brought a mock-up of its SpaceShipTwo (left) to the show. Photo: Mark Wagner

Unseasonably bad weather at the 2012 Farnborough International airshow required exhibitors and visitors alike to dig deep into the reserves of resilience and flexibility that they have had to draw on in business conditions that remain uncomfortably unpredictable. But despite the near-relentless British rain, the event delivered no small amount of encouragement for the aerospace sector (primarily on the commercial side of the fence) and plenty of points of interest for industry watchers.