Nine days ago I climbed into a full-scale mockup of Embraer’s electric air taxi on the show floor at Farnborough. Mint green and black, boarding steps down, cockpit door open. I put a plush toy Eve on the dashboard because that is the sort of thing I do. On Sunday, the real one flew forward for the first time. Eve …
Farnborough Airshow 2014: A Pictorial Essay
While visiting some friends in the Reading area of the U.K., I took a day trip out to Farnborough for the biennial Farnborough International Airshow. I’ve been attending this event since the early 1990s and as usual, its spectacular. I managed to capture some moments for you in photos as that speaks volume. Getting to the Airshow Fly into any of the …

