farnborough pics 1

So I processed the photos from Farnborough and thought I'd upload a few of them. This is a UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle). the weird gold thing on the front is (essentially) a radar. This thing is a boom for refuelling - it unfurls and is like a basket that the plane that wants to refuel sticks a boom into. This is a C295, which is a transport type plane. As you can see, it's quite big, but if we look at the next shot... What this is is the C295 again, which is next to the new Airbus A380, which is the enormous new passenger plane. The C295 actual has a Chinook helicopter in front of it and both together are not as long as the A380. So this is a cleaner shot of the A380 and you can clearly see it's a double decker. And mentioning the Chinook, here's a cool shot down the rotor blade. This beasty is the A400M which I think I'm right in saying is about the biggest cargo plane used by the military. It is a monster (but still smaller than the A380!). Back end of the A400 and a bit of an arty shot. And this is a zoom to show the cargo deck of the A400. When carrying troops they actually put two rows of seats (so there are effectively 4 rows of seats down the length of it). The Virgin Galactic is the space plane that's meant to be so regular people can experience going into space. Think I'll leave it there for today.