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Flying in the face of climate leadership: protesting private jets at Farnborough airport - Extinction Rebellion UK

Residents, campaigners, pollution experts and politicians gathered again at Farnborough Airport on Sunday 1st June to protest proposed increases in private jet flights

https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/06/11/protesting-private-jets-farnborough-airport/

#Farnborough #UK #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

Bonus Photo of the Day 11th June 2025.

D-CITI, Dornier DO328-110, in the manufacturers in-house livery, in the static display park at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Dornier #DO328
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on black tarmac facing to the left.
The plane has white upper surfaces, with dark blue lower surfaces, and a large white number "328" on the lower forward fuselage.
The black registration D-CITI is on the upper rear fuselage, under the dark blue and white tail, which has white "Fairchild Dornier" at the front.
Sections of metal fence joined with long pieces of blue rope are placed in front of the plane.
The rear fuselage and tail of another airliner can be seen on the left, with grey sky filling the rest of the frame.

Tails Tuesday 10th June 2025.

N8149S, Beech 2000 A Starship in the static display park at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This is one of my fave planes, but I've only ever seen 1 out in the wild, away from airshows, and I saw that twice, 14 days apart, at Manchester, and then at Geneva, back in 1993!

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Beech #B2000 #StarShip #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up of the twin tails of a twin engined BizProp parked on bla
ck tarmac facing to the right.
The plane is mostly white, with a series of light and dark blue stripes running along the body and over the engines, which are mounted on the rear of the wings, facing backwards.
The black registration "N8149S" is painted on the sides of the engine cowlings.
As well as the twin tails on the ends of the wings, there is a small ventral tail under the rear fuselage - whether that is for additional stability, or to stop the propellor blades hitting the ground on take off or landing is unknown, at least to me.
(It's probably a bit of both!)
The tails of several other planes can be seen in the background on the left, and the feet of people in the crowd can be seen under this plane.
Gorgeous blue sky with scattered fluffs of cloud fill the rest of the frame.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 28th May 2025.

F-WWFT, Airbus A 320-111, Airbus Industrie, in the static display at the Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This was the first prototype, carrying a new registration to show it was testing something new.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Airbus #A320 #prototype
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a tin-engined jet airliner parked facing to the left.
The plane is mostly white, with large, blue, billboard-style "A320" titles on the forward fuselage, and a thick blue bland, with thinner red, orange, and yellow bands, wrapped around the rear fuselage and tail, with white "A320" titles on the blue section.
The engine pods under the wings have red covers on the inlet.
The plane is parked on a black tarmac taxiway, behind a temporary metal fence which curves through the bottom of the frame to provide a walkway for spectators.
Fluffs of white cloud with hints of pale blue fill the rest of the frame.

🇫🇷 D’après une photo* prise lors d’une présentation d’un officier de la Marine nationale au Combined Naval Event (#CNE2025) de #Farnborough, voici comment se dessine l’évolution du groupe aérien embarqué (GAé) jusqu’en 2045 :

1️⃣ Horizon 2038 : Modernisation et polyvalence
- #Rafale M F5 : nouvelle mouture multi-rôle axée sur le combat collaboratif, dotée d’armements de 5e génération (ASN4G, SCALP NG, projet SM 40, etc.)
- E-2D Hawkeye : maintien de la suprématie de la veille aérienne.
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Bonus Photo of the Day 16th May 2025.

G-BMPL, Edgley OA.7 Optica, FLS Aerospace, performing a display flight at one of the Farnborough Air Shows, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Edgley #OA7 #Optica #FLSAerospace
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low, almost head-on view of a white, single engined light aircraft with a bulbous, heavily glazed cockpit canopy in front of a fuselage that is basically a shrouded propellor engine in the middle of a long, straight wing.
There are long tail-booms extending part way through each of the wings, with the fixed undercarriage attached to the front of the booms.
The plane is heavily tilted to the side, obviously performing a spirited flying display routine.
Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Arms trade news

Grim reading in Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s latest newsletter

May 2025

The CAAT Newsletter (Spring 2025, Issue 272) has details of what’s happening in the world of arms sales a world in which the UK is a big player. Our previous post discussed the continuing sale of arms to Israel which is subject to an Appeal Court hearing starting on 13th. Also we mentioned the role of the RAF in carrying out hundreds of flights over Gaza and quite what is being done with the information gleaned is not revealed.

Arms sales are important for several reasons. Weapons have an enormous capacity to do great harm in the wrong hands. Governments need to exert great control over licensing to ensure that arms do not fall into such hands. British governments are frequently to be heard claiming it exercises ‘robust’ controls. It is doubtful that this is the case and CAAT have often noted the considerable use of open licences which means little effective control exists.

The current Labour government has a policy of growth which seems to dominate thinking. As the court case will reveal, and papers have already revealed, this seems to trump considerations of human rights. CAAT News has the following examples:

The Defence Secretary has held meetings with counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Turkey to discuss opportunities for expanding military cooperation which is likely to involve arms sales. Both countries have woeful human rights records. Saudi has a full array of violations including public executions, use of torture, restrictions on women’s rights and repression of any opposition or free speech. Turkey has carried out baseless prosecutions against journalists, human rights defenders and opposition leaders, thousands of whom are in gaol.
Eurofighter sales – which the UK co-produces – are planned for Qatar and Turkey. The latter is involved in bombing Kurdish groups in its own country and Iraq. Qatar is another repressive Gulf state and is highly corrupt.
We have noted before the question of the Revolving Door where politicians, ministers, senior civil servants and military personnel leave their posts and head off for lucrative appointments/directorships/consultancies with arms firms. It is an open invitation for corruption and the ACOBA system seems powerless to stop it. The Aerospace, Defence and Security Group, (ADS) the trade body for the defence industry representing all of the major arms makers, holds an annual dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in which, in the words of CAAT ‘The dinner’s purpose is to introduce them to one another and allow them to schmooze and entertain their powerful friends from Parliament and the Civil Service‘ … These kinds of dinners are where relationships are formed and built and where the next round of arms deals are made, over fine food and wines.’
And it doesn’t end there. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) resumes in September at the ExCel Centre in London. This may be the largest such exhibition in the world. It is popular because the UK government invites representatives from a wide range of countries including those with appalling human rights records, some even on its own watch list. The thousands of attendees will be met by ‘a cast of compliant senior civil servants and politicians on hand to make sure things run smoothly’ (CAAT).
… or even there because the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre is to host Security and Policing run by the Home Office. Again, a range of countries with dreadful human rights are cordially invited to view the latest in surveillance, tear gas and ammunition. Journalists are banned. Britain seems happy to be host to regimes who use this equipment to repress and intimidate oppositions, journalists or human rights people.

Growth or rights?

The government seems keen to actively support these activities and to do all it can to promote arms and surveillance equipment to repressive regimes. It does this while piously claiming that:

This Government is fully committed to the protection of human rights both at home and abroad. We are committed to the international human rights framework and the important role that multilateral organisations like the Council of Europe play in upholding it. (Ministry of Justice, November 2024, ref: CP 1192)

It is hard to square the multi-level activities to promote arms sales and in the process currying favour with some of the world’s worst regimes, with their stated desire to be upholders of human rights and the wellbeing of those at the end of it all. While politicians, civil servants, military brass and ministers ‘schmooze’ with the arms manufacturers in expensive London hotels, it may be hard for them to empathise with those who have been bombed, starved, driven from their homes or incarcerated, tortured or executed for no reason. All facilitated by the weapons and equipment they so admire whilst quaffing the Bollinger. Is it growth above all else?

Sources include: CAAT, The Canary, Amnesty

#armsFair #armsSales #CAAT #DSEI #Farnborough #government #PoliceAndSecurity #revolvingDoor

Bonus Photo of the Day 26th March 2025.

G-BOAB, British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 102, British Airways, Taxiing along the runway after landing at Farnborough Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #BritishAircraftCorporation #Concorde #BritishAirways
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a long, thin, and pointy white, 4 engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to right along a black runway.
There is a thin, red stripe running along the body, with a red arrowhead just behind the cockpit.
There are black "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage.
The top of the tail is dark blue, with a white crest, while the bottom half has a blue triangle and diagonal red stripe.
The registration "G-BOAB" is on the lower rear fuselage in black.
In the foreground, a large crowd is gathered, watching the plane, separated from it by a large area of grass.
More grass is visible in the background under the planes body, leading up to tall trees in the distance, under fluffy grey clouds.

Korean Air Finalizes Record 50 Boeing Widebody Jet Order
- By Howard Hardee

https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/korean-air-locks-in-deal-for-up-to-50-boeing-widebodies/162361.article
More: https://hype.aero/coverage/aircraft-orders-and-deliveries/?story=ae47fdf3-f7a1-4a04-b6c3-9b28a0fc0e71
#airshow #boeing #koreanair #farnborough #aviation

Cove is an ancient village turned suburb, forming the western part of #Farnborough, in the #Rushmoor district, in the county of #Hampshire, England. The appropriate ward is called Cove and #Southwood. It is located 33 mi (53 km) south west of #London. Cove is adjacent to #Hawley village and Southwood.

Tails Tuesday 2 11th February 2025.

165094, Gulfstream C-20G (military version of the G4), United States Navy, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Gulfstream #C20 #G4 #USN #UnitedStatesNavy #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Closeup of the white tail and rear fuselage of a twin engined BizJet with the rear of the engines visible mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, parked facing to the left.
There is a US flag at the top of the tail, with large letters "JR" in black underneath, and the number "5094" below that and very slightly further forward.
The tailcone has text "C-20G" in very small letters, with the number "165094" in slightly larger letters below that.
A black stripe runs along the body, wrapping around under the tailcone.
The planes wing stretches across the bottom of the frame, with a white, twin engined jet airliner visible over the top, with trees filling the skyline , under blue-grey skies.

Bonus Photo of the Day 8th February 2025.

N6008X, Rockwell Commander 114B, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 12th September 1992.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #Airshow #Rockwell #Commander
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a black, single engined light aircraft parked on tarmac facing to the left.
The plane has a grey and red stripe running along the body from the nose, with the grey registration "N6008X" above the line on the rear fuselage, just aft of the cockpit.
The rear fuselage and tail of a white light aircraft with a red stripe containing a white cross on the tail can e seen in the background on the left, with the tail boom of a blue helicopter beyond that.
A woman with brown hair and wearing a large red jumper can be seen crouched down next to a metal fence next to a man wearing a white shirt in the background on the right.
Grassed areas separated by a black runway lead up to trees in the distance, under grey skies.

Winglet Wednesday 5th February 2025.

N8149S, Beech B2000 Starship, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #Beech #B2000 #Starship #AirShow #WingletWednesday
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up of the inside face of the left upturned wingtip of a white BizProp parked facing to the right.
There are 5 blue stripes running from front to back, pale blue and thin at the top, getting darker and thinner as they get lower, the lowest one being almost black.
The heads of people walking around in the background can be seen at the bottom of the frame.
A couple of out-of-focus planes can be seen in the distance, with trees behind them stretching across the lower part of the frame, the rest being filled with streaks of pale blue sky and clouds.

Protestors blockade Farnborough airport over private jet expansion plans

Local residents and climate activists have blocked access to Farnborough Airport to protest against the proposed expansion of the airport which they say will almost double the number of private jet flights to 70,000 a year

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2025-02-02/protestors-blockade-farnborough-airport-over-private-jet-expansion-plans

#Farnborough #Rushmoor #Hampshire #England #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

Farnborough Airport launches new Airport Operations Course https://ukaviation.news/farnborough-airport-launches-new-airport-opetations-course/ #Employment, #Farnborough, #Training

Bonus Photo of the Day 14th December 2024.

G-BRNM, Chichester-Miles Leopard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #ChichesterMiles #Leopard #BizJet #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Front view of a small, twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the rear of the angular fuselage, parked on black tarmac.
The plane is mostly white, with blue "Leopard" titles on the fuselage under the heavily glazed cockpit windows.
orange tags are attached to several ports on the fuselage and under the wings.
In the background, a large expanse of grass stretches in to the distance, with people walking past, standing around and talking, or sitting, with low, wide white buildings right at the back of the frame, under hazy grey skies.

Photo of the Day 14th December 2024.

ZS-SAL, Boeing 747-244, South African Airlines, taxiing past the Airport Hotel pub as it turns on to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

Gat On A Sat 14th December 2024.G-EZEB, Airbus A319-111, EasyJet, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

Bonus Photo of the Day 14th December 2024.G-BRNM, Chichester-Miles Leopard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#A319 #airbus #AirportHotel #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b747 #BizJet #boeing #ChichesterMiles #easyjet #egcc #egkk #eglf #fab #farnborough #GatOnASat #gatwick #Leopard #lgw #london #man #manchester #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #Runway08Right #runway24 #SouthAfricanAirlines

Side view of a white, 4 engined, very large jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a silver belly, and a thick blue and thin orange stripe running along the body, with large "SAA" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and smaller blue "South African Airways" on the upper mid -fuselage, above the wings. There are additional blue "B747 Super B" titles on the upper rear fuselage, and the registration "ZS-SAL" under the tail. The tail is a bright orange, with a stylised, blue gazelle with wings leaping to the left. There is a black, chain-link fence in the foreground, with a large grassed area behind it. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

View from below of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitudes with the undercarriage tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. There are orange "EasyJet dot Com" titles on the side of the fuselage, an orange tail, orange engine pods under the wings, and orange brackets on the lower side of the wings holding the flaps in place. Blue skies with wispy white clouds fill the rest of the frame.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th December 2024.

N830PH, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-102A, HorizonAir, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #DeHaviland#Canada #DHC8 #Dash8 #HorizonAir #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Forward view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing along a runway almost directly towards the camera.
There is a red and black stripe running along the lower fuselage and around the lower part of the nose.
The leading edges of the wings, tail, and horizontal stabiliser are black.
The runway stretches off into the background, surrounded by grass, with rows of trees in the distance, under orange skies.

Photo of the Day 4th December 2024.

EI-FKB, Fokker F50, Aer Lingus Commuter, taxiing the last few metres to Gate 5 at Manchester Airport, 1992.

Bonus Photo of the Day 4th December 2024.XB812, Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.4 (license-built North American F-86 Sabre), in RAF colours, at RAF Museum, Hendon.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th December 2024.N830PH, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-102A, HorizonAir, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#AerLingus #airshow #avgeek #aviation #canadair #dash8 #DehavilandCanada #dhc8 #egcc #eglf #f50 #F86 #fab #farnborough #fokker #Hendon #HorizonAir #man #manchester #museum #NorthAmerican #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #raf #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #Sabre