Farnborough 92 Pictorial Report

Major aviation trade shows held during the depths of an international recession are by nature low key affairs in news reporting terms and this year’s Farnborough was no exception. Once more however it was buoyed by the presence of an armada of previously ‘unseen in the west’ aircraft from what is now the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Ruskies, as we used to know them, flew into southern England such previously top secret types as the Su-24 Fencer strike fighter, Tu-22M Backfire strategic bomber, Hokum attack helo and the Yakovlev Forger and Freestyle VTOL fighters.

All came not so much to fly their maker’s flag but more to solicit for sales from anyone with cash to pay importantly for them ( a full news analysis of the show commences on page 5) and to negotiate deals with western manufacturers to make the CIS aircraft more saleable on the international export market. How times have changed.Farnborough 92 was also the stage for the debut of several new types from the west.

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