Name: UAE's Al Fursan Flying Display Team Paints the Sky at Farnborough Airshow 2026
Uploaded: 2026-08-06T19:33:23.000Z
Description: The first display team performance at Farnborough in 12 years.

<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;caret-color:rgb(15, 15, 15);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Fursan al-Emarat (the Knights of the Emirates)—the UAE’s national aerobatic team—made its Farnborough Airshow debut this year. The group flies Chinese Hongdu L-15 Falcon advanced trainers powered by AI-222 engines. Its debut marks the first time a display team has performed at Farnborough in 12 years, where the team performed a custom sequence to fit the confined airspace at the Hampshire, UK show. Typically flying with seven aircraft, the team appeared with five on this occasion.

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