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VIDEO - FARNBOROUGH: R-R-powered 787 departs show flanked by Spitfires

By Jon Ostrower2010-07-21T10:30:00+01:00

The past and future of aerospace's UK standard bearer Rolls-Royce formed up in the skies over Farnborough when Boeing's Trent 1000-powered 787 Dreamliner overflew the airfield with twin Merlin-powered Supermarine Spitfires off its carbonfibre wingtips. The twinjet peeled off the warbirds, climbing into the skies bound for its first stop in Shannon on its way back to Boeing Field in Seattle.

All the latest news, video and images from the 2010 Farnborough air show - New this year, live streaming video of each day's flying display

Source: Flight Daily News

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