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Taking to the sky: Airshow ready for take off

By Danica Kirka
Published July 12, 2014 3:08pm ET
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Taking to the sky: Airshow ready for take off
FILE - In this file photograph taken July 15, 2008, people wander around a life-size model of US planemaker Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter II, during the Farnborough aerospace show, in Farnborough, England. A lot is at stake in the Farnborough International Airshow, the aviation industry's biggest annual event which opens Monday, July 14, 2014. The trade show is expected to see the first presentation of the world's most advanced fighter jet, new commercial aircraft as well as a host of new technological advances that promise to give a glimpse of the future of flying. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file) | Lefteris Pitarakis

LONDON (AP) — A lot is at stake in the Farnborough International Airshow, the aviation industry’s biggest annual event, which opens Monday.

The trade show is expected to see the first presentation of the world’s most advanced fighter jet, new commercial aircraft as well as a host of new technological advances that promise to give a glimpse of the future of flying.

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